Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Marshall Islands

NLiS Country Profile: Marshall Islands

Child Malnutrition

No data available for this country
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 59.2

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 36.1
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 25.9
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 36.3
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 26.6
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) (%) 1994-1995 60.7

Health Services

Indicator Year Value
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 2011 90.1
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 94.6
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 76.9
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 75.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%)   no data
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%)   no data
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%)   no data
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 1) (%) 2007 52.0
Children aged 6-59 months receiving vitamin A supplements (dose 2) (%) 2007 39.0
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) (%)   no data
Population below the international poverty line (%)   no data

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2017 60.8
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2017 64.2
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2017 16.3
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2007 68.8
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 23.8
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 17.1
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 679.6
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 2009 No data

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists 2016-2017 No
Nutrition is part of medical curricula   no data
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population) 2016-2017 1.9
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2012 3.6
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 4,049
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%) 2018 1.9
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 26.9
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 No

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -0.1
Gender Inequality Index (GII)   no data
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2016 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.7
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 9.1

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
Draft National Plan of Action for Nutrition 1995
Progamme title and actions Start Year
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q7) - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling  
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 (q13) - Nutrition and health claims  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q17) - Taxation and price policies  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q21) - Nutrition education and counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Prevention and management of acute malnutrition (q37) - Food distribution/supplementation for prevention of acute malnutrition