A total of 1,519,952 certificates were issued worldwide in 2015, compared to 1,476,504 the previous year, an increase of 3%. ISO added a new management system standard, ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 Information technology – Service management – Part 1 Service management system requirements, after recommendations from international accreditation and certification experts that ISO consult annually. This brings the total of standards surveyed to 9. Read the overview in the Executive summary (PDF) and find detailed information for MS-EXCEL here