Table 1.

Sources of country Nutrient Intake Values and country specific terminology used for folate Nutrient Intake Values.

Country	Year	Equivalent Term Used for NIVs for Folate				Adapted from	Reference
		NIV	ANR	INL98	SI
Australia and New Zealand	2005	NRV	EAR	RDI	−	U.S.	[16]
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland	2000	†	−	†	−	Own (DACH)	[17]
Belgium	2009	−	−	PRI	−	EC	[18]
Brazil	2000	−	−	IDR	−	WHO	[19]
Bulgaria	2005	−	−	†	−	U.S.	[20]
Central America 1 and Panama	1994	−	−	RDD	−	WHO/FAO 1988	[21]
China	2010	DRI	EAR	RNI	−	U.S.	[22]
Colombia	1988	−	−	†	−	Own	[23]
Croatia	2004	−	−	†	−	EC and U.S.	[24]
Cuba	2008	−	−	DRI	−	U.S./WHO	[25]
Denmark, Iceland and Sweden	2004	NNR	AR	RI	−	Own (NNR)	[26]
Estonia	2006	−	−	†	−	NNR	[27]
European Community	1993	RDA	AR	PRI	−	Own (EC)	[28]
Finland	2005	NNR	AR	RI	−	NNR	[29]
France	2001	−	−	−	ANC	Own	[30]
Greece	1993	RDA	AR	PRI	−	EC	[31]
Hungary	2005	−	−	−	†	EC and U.S.	[32]
India	2010	−	−	RDA	−	Own	[33]
Ireland	1999	−	−	RDA	−	Own	[34]
Italy	2012	LARN	AR	PRI	−	U.S.	[35]
Japan	2005	DRI	EAR	RDA	−	Own	[36]
Latvia	2008	−	−	†	−	Own	[37]
Lithuania	1999	RPN	−	RP	−	Own	[38]
Mexico	2004	VNR	RNP	−	IDS	U.S.	[39]
Norway	2005	NNR	AR	RI	−	NNR	[40]
Poland	2008	−	EAR	RDA	−	U.S.	[41]
Republic of Macedonia	2001	−	−	†	−	EC	[42]
Republica Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina	2004	−	−	†	−	WHO/FAO	[43]
Russian Federation	2008	−	−	†	−	U.S.	[44]
Slovakia	1997	−	−	OVD	−	Own and WHO/FAO	[45]
Slovenia	2004	−	−	PVD	−	DACH	[46]
South Korea	2010	KDRI	EAR	RI	−	U.S.	[47]
Southeast Asia Region 2	2005	−	−	RDA	−	U.S.	[48]
Spain	2010	−	−	IDR	−	Own and Ireland	[49]
The Netherlands	2003	DRI	EAR	RDA 3	AI 4	Own	[50]
United Kingdom	1991	DRV	EAR	RNI	−	Own	[51]
United States and Canada	1998	DRI	EAR	RDA	−	Own (U.S.)	[52]
WHO/FAO	2004	−	EAR	RNI	−	U.S.	[53]

AI: adequate intake; ANC: apports nutritionnels conseillés; ANR: average nutrient requirement; AR: average requirement; DACH: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland; DRI: dietary reference intake; DRV: dietary reference value; EAR: estimated average requirement; EC: European community; FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization; IDR: ingestión diaria recomendada (Brazil); IDR: ingestas dietéticas de referencia (Spain); IDS: ingestión diaria sugerida; INL: individual nutrient level; KRDI: Korean Dietary Reference Intakes; LARN: livelli di assunzione di riferimento di nutrienti; NIV: nutrient intake value; NNR: Nordic nutrition recommendations; NRV: nutrient reference values; OVD: odporúčané výživové dávky; PRI: population reference intake; PVD: priporočeni dnevni vnosi; RI: recommended intake; RDA: recommended dietary allowance; RDD: recomendiaciones dietéticas diarias; RDI: recommended dietary intake; RNI: recommended nutrient intake; RNP: requerimiento nutrimental promedio; RP: rekomenduotinus paros poreikias; RPN: rekomenduojamos paros maistinių medžiagų ir energijos normos; SI: safe intake; VNR: valores nutrimentales de referencia; WHO: World Health Organization; † Equivalent terms are used; ¹ inclusive of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic; ² inclusive of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam; ³ for NPNL women; ⁴ for pregnant and lactating women.