Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Albania

NLiS Country Profile: Albania

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 4.6
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 25.0

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 24.9
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 25.4
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 23.2
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 25.3
Clinical vitamin A deficiency in women (history of night blindness during most recent pregnancy) (%)   no data
Median urinary iodine concentration in children 6-12 years (μg/L) 2006 86.2
Subclinical vitamin A deficiency in preschool-age children (serum/plasma retinol <0.70 μmol/L) (%)   no data

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2008 99.3
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 95.1
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 93.2
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 96.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%) 2008-2009 32.7
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2008-2009 67.8
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%) 2018 14.9
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%)   no data
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%)   no data
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2014 80.4
Mothers of children 0-23 months receiving counselling, support or messages on optimal breastfeeding at least once in the last year (%)   no data

Food Security

Indicator Year Value
Households consuming adequately iodized salt (15 parts per million or more) (%) 2017 64.6
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2012 1.1

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2017 56.5
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2017 88.5
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2017 29.2
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2018 52.5
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 9.4
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 5.9
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 614.5
Nutrition component of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF)   no data
Nutrition component of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)   no data
Nutrition Governance score   no data
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 Full provisions in law
Maternity leave 2013 52 weeks

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists   no data
Nutrition is part of medical curricula   no data
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population)   no data
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 1994 5.2
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 13,326
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)   no data
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 1.2
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 No

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 0
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.238
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2018 1
Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 7
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.8
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 29.3

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2017-2018

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

Policies & Actions in the Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA)

Policy title Start Year
National Program on Prevention and Control of NCDs in Albania 2016-2020 (Programi Kombëtar për Parandalimin dhe Kontrollin e Sëmundjeve Joinfektive në Shqipëri) 2017
Labour Code of the Republic of Albania, Law No. 7961 2008
National Strategy for Development and Integration 2007-2013 2007
People's Assembly Act on Social Insurance in Albania, Act No. 7703, dated 11 May 1993, as amended up to Act No. 9768, dated 9 July 2007 2007
Law for agriculture and rural development 2007
Analyses of the State of Food and Nutrition in Albania 2005
Analyses of the Situation and National Action Plan on food and Nutrition for Albania 2003
Towards a healthy country with healthy people - Public health and health promotion strategy 2003
NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- GPRS 2002
Law No. 8528, dated 23 September 1999 “on Promoting and Protecting Breastfeeding” 1999
Prevention of iodine deficiency disorders using Universal iodization of salt in Albania Programme  
Progamme title and actions Start Year
Rekomandime për një ushqyerje të shëndetshme në Shqipëri [Recommendations on healthy nutrition in Albania ] - Food-based dietary guidelines 2008
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2009-2010: Maternal, infant and young child nutrition - Complementary feeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Folic acid supplementation  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Iodine supplementation  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Iron and folic acid supplementation  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Iron supplementation  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Salt iodization  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Iron and folic acid supplementation  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Iron supplementation  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Margarine/butter fortification  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Multiple micronutrients supplementation  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Vitamin A supplementation  
GNPR 2009-2010: Vitamin and mineral nutrition - Wheat flour fortification