For full details about the policies and actions in each country, please click on the country name in the table below the map.
More than a quarter of the world's population lives in countries with mandatory measures towards sodium reduction, including mandatory declaration of sodium
1. National policy commitment to reduce sodium intake: National policies, strategies or action plans that express a commitment to reduce sodium intake
2. Voluntary measures to reduce sodium: Voluntary measures that reduce sodium in the food supply or encourage consumers to make healthier food choices about sodium
3. Mandatory measures adopted for sodium reduction: Mandatory measures to reduce sodium in the food supply or encourage consumers to make healthier food choices, including mandatory declaration of sodium on all pre-packaged food
4. Multiple mandatory measures adopted for sodium reduction, and implementation of all related WHO Best Buys for tackling NCDs: Multiple mandatory measures, mandatory declaration of sodium on all pre-packaged food, and all sodium related WHO Best Buys
Notes:
The Sodium Country Score Card was established as part of WHO’s efforts to reduce dietary sodium intake, it will track countries' performance on a continuous basis and will continue to be enhanced with additional features including population sodium intake. On 9 March 2023, WHO launched the Global report on sodium intake reduction exploring the progress of countries implementing sodium intake reduction policies and their impact on population dietary sodium intake and cardiovascular disease.
Read more about sodium reduction and other food systems actions for health at https://www.who.int/initiatives/food-systems-for-health
Date of last update: 20 September 2023