Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Gabon

NLiS Country Profile: Gabon

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 14.2
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 15.6

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 62.5
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 58.9
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 60.6
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 59.1
Clinical vitamin A deficiency in women (history of night blindness during most recent pregnancy) (%) 2000 10.5
Median urinary iodine concentration in children 6-12 years (μg/L) 2001 190.0
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 (%) 2012 89.3
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 93.2
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 41.9
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 64.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%) 2012 89.8
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2010 37.3
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%)   no data
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2017 68.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2017 0.0
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%) 2016 0.0
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) (%) 2012 89.5
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2017 3.4

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2012 32.3
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2012 82.4
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%)   no data
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2012 51.9
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 7.4
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 3.4
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 599.3
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
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 Full provisions in law
Maternity leave 2013 14 weeks

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists 2016-2017 No
Nutrition is part of medical curricula 2016-2017 No
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population) 2016-2017 1.3
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2004 5.0
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 17,912
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)   no data
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 0.8
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 0.534
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2011 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.7
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 17.9

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2012

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
Act No. 12/2000 2000
Progamme title and actions Start Year
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q6) - Growth monitoring and promotion 1980
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q10) - Complementary feeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q7) - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9b) - Infant feeding in the context of HIV