How did we do in 2020? How many projects did we begin? Which sectors were most active? How many documents did we publish?
Below you’ll find our key achievements in figures at a single glance. If you’d like to go into more detail, you can download a spreadsheet that gives this year’s numbers in detail. You can also look at our performance in previous years to see how we are evolving to keep pace with the changing needs of our members.
Detailed figures
Download detailed figures for 2020 [PDF]
ISO standards at a glance
International Standards and standards-type documents
These standards represent a total output of more than one million pages in English and French.
TOP 5 Technical sectors
% of published deliverables
- 21.4 % Information technology, graphics and photography
- 14.9 % Mechanical engineering
- 12.6 % Transport
- 8.9 % Non-metallic materials
- 6.8 % Health, medicine and laboratory equipment
ISO work in 2020
published in 2020
(more than 84 000 pages)
developing standards
held in 43 countries
were on the programme of the technical committees
IN 2020
were registered
per working day
About the ISO Central Secretariat
are employed
work together in harmony
of women to men