Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Equatorial Guinea

NLiS Country Profile: Equatorial Guinea

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%)   no data
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 10.7

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 64.0
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 42.8
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 52.1
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 43.7
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)   no data
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 (%) 2011 68.3
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 47.9
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 74.5
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 30.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%)   no data
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2011 44.4
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%) 2011 0.2
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2017 7.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2017 5.0
Births in baby-friendly facilities (%)   no data
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) (%) 2000 57.4
Population below the international poverty line (%)   no data

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%)   no data
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%)   no data
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 52.5
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 7.0
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 3.8
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 1163.4
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 No legal measures
Maternity leave 2013 12 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 2004 0.4
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 23,473
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)   no data
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 0.1
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 No

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -1.3
Gender Inequality Index (GII)   no data
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2015 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.6
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 20

Female Education Levels

Female education levels: no data available for this country

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
Plan Nacional De Accion Para La Nutricion 1994
Decree No. 100 1990
Ley núm. 2/1990, de 4 de enero de 1990, sobre ordenamiento general del trabajo 1990
no action information available