Table 1 Countries with mandatory folic acid fortification (as of October 2017) [5]

Antigua and Barbuda

Ghana

Nigeria

Argentina

Grenada

Oman

Australia

Guatemala

Palestinian Authority Territory

Bahamas

Guinea

Panama

Bahrain

Guyana

Papua New Guinea

Barbados

Haiti

Paraguay

Belize

Honduras

Peru

Benin

Indonesia

Qatar^a

Bolivia

Iran

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Brazil

Iraq

Saint Lucia

Burkina Faso

Jamaica

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Burundi

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Cameroon

Kazakhstan

Senegal

Canada

Kenya

Sierra Leone

Cape Verde

Kiribati

Solomon Islands

Chile

Kosovo

South Africa

Colombia

Kuwait

Suriname

Costa Rica

Kyrgyzstan

Tanzania

Cote d’Ivoire

Liberia

Togo

Cuba

Mali

Trinidad and Tobago

Djibuti

Mauritania

Turkmenistan

Dominica

Mexico

Uganda

Dominican Republic

Moldova

United Arab Emirates^a

DR Congo^a

Morocco

United States of America

Ecuador

Mozambique

Uruguay

Egypt

Nepal

Uzbekistan

El Salvador

Nicaragua

Yemen

Fiji

Niger

Zimbabwe