Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Morocco

NLiS Country Profile: Morocco

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 17.3
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 27.0

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 34.0
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 36.7
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 40.4
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 36.9
Clinical vitamin A deficiency in women (history of night blindness during most recent pregnancy) (%) 2003-2004 2.2
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) (%) 1996 40.4

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2011 73.6
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 85.4
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 76.7
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 99.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%)   no data
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2006-2007 39.9
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%)   no data
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2017 99.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2017 99.0
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) (%) 2006 43.3
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2013 1.0

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2017 42.6
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2003 84.4
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%)   no data
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2004 46.0
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 6.0
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 5.9
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 446.6
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 14 weeks

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists 2016-2017 Yes
Nutrition is part of medical curricula 2016-2017 Yes
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population) 2016-2017 1.1
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2014 0.9
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 8,587
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%) 2018 1.6
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 1.8
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 No

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -0.3
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.482
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2018 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.7
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 20.5

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 2003-2004

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
Action Plan on Nutrition of the Mother Newborn and Child 2016-2020 2016
Décrét portant sur l'étiquettage des produits alimentaires 2013
La Stratégie Nationale de la Nutrition 2011
Arrêté conjoint de la ministre de la santé et du ministre de l'agriculture et de la pêche maritime n°1486-09 du 29 chaoual 1430 (19 octobre 2009) fixant la concentration de l'iode dans le sel à la fabrication et à la distribution 2009
Décret n°2-08-362 du 3 joumada II 1430 (28 mai 2009) relatif à l'iodation du sel destiné à l’alimentation humaine. 2009
Décret no 2-04-52 chaoual 1426 (2 décembre 2005) relatif à l'enrichissement de la farine 2006
Décret n° 2-04-52 relatif à l'enrichissement de la farine (Decree on flour fortification) 2006
Labour Code 2003
Plan d'Action National en Faveur de la Nutrition 1993
Dahir stating Act n. 1.72.184, 27 July 1972 on the Social Security Regime. 1972
Progamme title and actions Start Year
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q20) Campagne sur le mode de vie sain - Media promotion of healthy nutrition 2016
GAIN Large-scale Food Fortification Program - Oil fortification 2006
GAIN Large-scale Food Fortification Program - Wheat flour fortification 2006
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q6) - Growth monitoring and promotion 1956
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 (q9a) - Feeding of LBW infants  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9b) - Infant feeding in the context of HIV  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q12b) Guide national de nutrition - Nutrient-based dietary guidelines  
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  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Santé scolaire et universitaire - Extracurricular nutrition education  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Santé scolaire et universitaire - Home, school or community gardening  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Santé scolaire et universitaire - Monitoring children's growth in schools  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Santé scolaire et universitaire - Nutrition education included in school curriculum  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Santé scolaire et universitaire - School feeding programmes  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Santé scolaire et universitaire - School milk scheme  
GNPR 2016-2017: School health and nutrition (q11) Santé scolaire et universitaire - Standards or rules for foods and beverages available in schools