TABLE 2.

Estimated total and incremental cost of salt fortification in Ethiopia.

	Iodized salt ($)	Dual fortified salt ($)	Triple fortified salt ($)	Quadruple fortified salt ($)
Scenario 1—current salt consumption
Total cost1
Annual average total cost	2,115,000	2,531,000	18,009,000	19,014,000
Annual average cost per capita2	0.02	0.02	0.13	0.14
Annual average premix cost3 per MT of fortified salt	2.7	3.7	43.1	45.7
Annual average total cost per MT of fortified salt	7.0	8.3	59.3	62.6
Incremental cost4
Annual average total cost	—	416,000	15,894,000	16,899,000
Annual average cost per capita1	—	0.003	0.11	0.12
Annual average premix cost2 per MT of fortified salt	—	1.0	40	43
Annual average total cost per MT of fortified salt	—	1.4	52	56
Scenario 2—reduced salt consumption
Total cost1
Annual average total cost	1,987,000	2,410,000	17,474,000	18,318,000
Annual average cost per capita2	0.01	0.02	0.12	0.13
Annual average premix cost3 per MT of fortified salt	3.5	4.9	55.9	58.9
Annual average total cost per MT of fortified salt	8.7	10.6	76.6	80.3
Incremental cost4
Annual average total cost	—	423,000	15,487,000	16,331,000
Annual average cost per capita1	—	0.003	0.11	0.12
Annual average premix cost2 per MT of fortified salt	—	1.4	52	55
Annual average total cost per MT of fortified salt	—	1.9	68	72

Abbreviations: MT, metric ton.

¹Costs modeled over 10-y time horizon (2024–2033) and reported in undiscounted 2021 US dollars. Total costs are rounded to the nearest thousand and costs per MT are rounded to the nearest tenth.

²Ethiopia population estimates based on the 2019 World Population Prospects total population estimates, 2024–2033 [49].

³Premix costs include the cost of micronutrient fortificants, and in the case of triple and quadruple fortified salt, the cost of additional ingredients and the production of extruded fortified salt-like grains.

⁴Incremental costs calculated as the difference in cost between iodized salt and the alternative multiple fortified salt scenario.