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Table R21. Cumulative Number 1 of Countries/States/Provinces Enacting RPS/Quota Policies,
and 2015 Revisions
Note: Text in bold indicates new/revised in 2015.
YEAR CUMULATIVE # 1 COUNTRIES/STATES/PROVINCES ADDED THAT YEAR
1983 1 Iowa (USA)
1994 2 Minnesota (USA)
1996 3 Arizona (USA)
1997 6 Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada (USA)
1998 9 Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin (USA)
1999 12 Italy; New Jersey, Texas (USA)
2000 13 New Mexico (USA)
2001 15 Australia; Flanders (Belgium)
2002 18 United Kingdom; Wallonia (Belgium); California (USA)
2003 21 Japan; Sweden; Maharashtra (India)
2004 34 Poland; Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island (Canada); Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (India); Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island (USA)
2005 38 Gujarat (India); Delaware, District of Columbia, Montana (USA)
2006 39 Washington State (USA)
2007 45 China; Illinois, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon (USA)
2008 52 Chile; India; Philippines; Romania; Michigan, Missouri, Ohio2 (USA)
2009 53 Kansas (USA)
2010 56 Republic of Korea; British Columbia (Canada); Puerto Rico (USA)
2011 58 Albania; Israel
2012 59 Norway
2013 59 None identified
2014 59 None identified
2015 61 Vermont, Virgin Islands (USA)
Total 3 100
1
“Cumulative number” refers to the number of jurisdictions that had enacted RPS/Quota policies as of the given year. Jurisdictions are listed under the year of first policy enactment. Many policies shown
have been revised or renewed in subsequent years, and some policies shown may have been repealed or lapsed.
2
Ohio’s (USA) RPS policy was put on hold in 2014. It has not been officially revoked.
3
“Total” adds 41 jurisdictions believed to have RPS/Quota policies but whose year of enactment is not known (Belarus, Ghana, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Palau, Peru, Portugal, Senegal,
South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, the Indian states of Arunchal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and the Indian Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep and Puducherry) and excludes Italy, which phased out its RPS in 2012, and the US state of Kansas which downgraded its RPS to a voluntary
goal in 2015. In the United States, there are nine additional states and territories with policy goals that are not legally binding RPS policies (Guam, Indiana, Kansas, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and Virginia). West Virginia’s non-binding goal was repealed in 2015. Three additional Canadian provinces also have non-binding policy goals (Alberta, Manitoba and
Quebec).
Source: See endnote 19 for this section.
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