Table 2.

Nutrient intake values for non-pregnant, non-lactating (NPNL), pregnant, and lactating women by country.

Country	Units	NPNL		Pregnant		Lactating
		ANR	INL98	ANR	INL98	ANR	INL98
Australia and New Zealand 1	µg DFE	320	400	520	600	450	500
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland 1	µg DFE	−	400	−	600	−	600
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland 1,2[86]	µg DFE	220	300	420	550	340	450
Belgium	µg	−	200	−	400	−	350
Brazil	µg	−	240	−	355	−	295
Bulgaria	µg DFE	−	400	−	600	−	500
Central America 3 and Panama	µg	−	170	−	370–470	−	270
China	µg DFE	320	400	520	600	450	500
Colombia	µg	−	160	−	460	−	360
Croatia	µg DFE	−	200	−	600	−	500
Cuba	µg DFE	−	400	−	600	−	500
Denmark, Iceland and Sweden 1	µg	200	400 5	−	500	−	500
Estonia	µg	−	400 5	−	500	−	500
European Community	µg	140	200	−	400	−	350
Finland 1	µg	200	400 5	−	400	−	400
France 1	µg	−	300 6	−	400 6	−	400 6
Greece	µg	140	200	−	400	−	350
Hungary 1	µg	−	200 6, 400 6,7	−	400 6, 600 6,7	−	350 6, 500 6,7
India	µg DFE	−	200	−	500	−	300
Ireland 1	µg	−	300	−	500	−	400
Italy 1	µg DFE	320	400	520	600	450	500
Japan	µg	200	240	370	440	280	340
Latvia	µg	−	300	−	400	−	300
Lithuania	µg	−	300	−	400	−	480
Mexico	µg DFE	320	460 6	520	750 6	450	650 6
Norway 1	µg	200	400 4	−	400	−	400
Poland 1	µg DFE	320	400	520	600	450	500
Republic of Macedonia	µg	−	200	−	400	−	500
Republica Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina	µg DFE	−	400	−	600	−	500
Russian Federation	µg	−	400	−	600	−	500
Slovakia	µg	−	200	−	400	−	300
Slovenia	µg DFE	−	400	−	600	−	600
South Korea	µg DFE	320	400	520	600	450	550
Southeast Asia Region 4	µg	−	400	−	600	−	500
Spain 1	µg	−	300	−	500	−	400
The Netherlands 1	µg DFE	200	300	−	400 6	−	400 6
United Kingdom 1	µg	150	200	−	300	−	260
United States and Canada 1	µg DFE	320	400	520	600	450	500
United States 1989 [87]	µg	−	180	−	400	−	280 8, 260 9
United States 1980 [88]	µg	−	400	−	800	−	500
United States 1974 [89]	µg	−	400	−	800	−	600
United States 1968 [90]	µg	−	400	−	800	−	500
WHO/FAO	µg DFE	320	400	520	600	450	500
WHO/FAO 1988 [91]	µg	−	170 6	−	370–400 6	−	270 6

NR: average nutrient requirement; DFE: dietary folate equivalents; FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization; INL: individual nutrient level; NPNL: non-pregnant, non-lactation; WHO: World Health Organization; ¹ These countries recommend an additional intake of 400 µg folic acid per day from supplements and/or fortified foods for women who are capable of becoming pregnant or planning a pregnancy, or who have an unbalanced poor diet, or because women are unlikely to meet the NIV, for the prevention of neural tube defects. Poland does not specify a dosage for folic acid supplementation [16,34,50,52,86,92,93]. ² Proposed values to be approved August 2013; ³ Inclusive of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic; ⁴ Inclusive of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam; ⁵ The Nordic recommendations presented are for women of reproductive potential; ⁶ the equivalent of a safe intake level is used rather than an INL₉₈; ⁷ INL₉₈ when cereals are supplemented; ⁸ 1st 6 months; ⁹ 2nd 6 months.