TABLE 9.
Countries in 2013 that were mildly or moderately iodine deficient or had excessive iodine intakes based on median UICs in school-aged children1
| Moderately iodine deficient (median UIC: 20–49 μg/L) | Mildly iodine deficient (median UIC: 50–99 μg/L) | Excessive iodine intake (median UIC: >300 μg/L) |
| Afghanistan | Albania | Armenia |
| Algeria | Burundi | Benin |
| Angola | Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea | Brazil |
| Central African Republic | Estonia | Colombia |
| Ethiopia | Finland | Georgia |
| Gambia | Guatemala | Honduras |
| Ghana | Haiti | Paraguay |
| Papua New Guinea | Hungary | Somalia |
| Vanuatu | Ireland | Uganda |
| Italy | Uruguay | |
| Lebanon | ||
| Lithuania | ||
| Mali | ||
| Morocco | ||
| Mozambique | ||
| New Zealand | ||
| Russian Federation | ||
| Sudan | ||
| Ukraine | ||
| United Kingdom |
1
Countries are listed alphabetically in each category (34). School-aged children are defined as children aged 6–12 y. UIC, urinary iodine concentration.