Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Guyana

NLiS Country Profile: Guyana

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 15.6
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 24.9

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 37.9
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 32.5
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 29.1
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 32.3
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)   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 (%) 2014 85.7
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 98.3
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 83.7
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 99.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%) 2009 79.3
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2009 59.0
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%) 2009 1.3
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 14.3
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) (%) 2014 42.8
Population below the international poverty line (%)   no data

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2014 49.2
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2014 80.9
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2014 27.8
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2014 28.9
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 5.2
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 378.8
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 13 weeks

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists 2016-2017 No
Nutrition is part of medical curricula 2016-2017 Yes
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population) 2016-2017 0.8
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2010 0.5
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 8,569
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)   no data
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 1.4
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 No

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -0.2
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.504
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2012 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.7
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 31.9

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2009

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
Strategic Plan 2013-2020: Integrated Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Disease in Guyana 2013
Termination of Employment and Severance Pay Act, Act No. 19 of 1997. 1997
A National Plan of Action for Nutrition 1994
National Insurance and Social Security Act, Chapter 36:01, Benefit Regulations. 1969
Progamme title and actions Start Year
Food-based dietary guidelines for Guyana. - Food-based dietary guidelines 2004