Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Azerbaijan

NLiS Country Profile: Azerbaijan

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 7.3
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 18.8

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 23.9
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 38.4
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 40.1
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 38.5
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) 2007 204.4
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 (%) 2014 99.9
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 87.0
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 89.3
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 98.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%) 2006 20.4
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2006 31.3
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%)   no data
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2017 41.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2017 51.0
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2014 81.0
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) (%) 2013 93.4
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2005 0.0

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2013 19.7
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2013 76.9
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%)   no data
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2011 62.0
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 3.9
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 6.0
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 1047.3
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
Maternity leave 2013 18 weeks
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 Many provisions in law

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) 2016-2017 0.1
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2014 6.4
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 18,012
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)   no data
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 0.3
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 No

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -0.7
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.318
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2018 1
Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 7.4
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.8
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 16.8

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2006

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES 2015-2020 2015
Azerbaijan National Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases 2015-2020 2015
Azerbaijan 2020: Look into the future concept of development 2012
Comprehensive Multi-Year Plan for Immunization Programme 2011-2015 2011
United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2011-2015 Azerbaijan 2011
Labour Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan of 1 February 1999, as in force November 2009 2009
State Programme on Poverty Reduction and Economic Development 2003-2005 2003
Law on Infant and Young Child Nutrition 2003
Law on Iodine deficiency prevention in Azerbaijan Republic 2001
О пищевых продуктах 1999
Act No. 250 of 18 February 1997 on social insurance 1997
Progamme title and actions Start Year
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q15) - Reformulation of foods and/or beverages to reduce salt/sodium content  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q15) - Reformulation of foods and/or beverages to reduce saturated fatty acid content  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q15) - Reformulation of foods and/or beverages to reduce sugar content  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q15) - Reformulation of foods and/or beverages to reduce trans fatty acid content  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q7) - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9a) - Feeding of LBW infants  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q13) - Nutrient declaration  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q21) - Nutrition education and counselling