Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Paraguay

NLiS Country Profile: Paraguay

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 8.1
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 27.9

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 25.7
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 22.3
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 32.7
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 22.8
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) 1999 294.0
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 95.7
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 98.0
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 88.6
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 99.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%)   no data
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2008 37.7
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%) 2016 7.1
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 (%) 2015 1.9
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) (%) 2011 93.4
Population below the international poverty line (%) 2017 1.2

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2016 49.5
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2016 87.1
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2016 39.7
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2016 59.4
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 11.9
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 9.8
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 872.9
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
Maternity leave 2013 12 weeks
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 Few provisions in law

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 2012 1.0
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 13,571
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%) 2018 2.3
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 0.4
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 0.467
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 15

Female Education Levels

Female Education Levels 1990

Education

Education

Under 5 Mortality

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

Policy title Start Year
Marco de Cooperación para el Desarrollo entre la República del Paraguay y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas 2015
Politica Nacional de Salud 2015-2030 2015
Plan Nacional de Accion para la Prevencion y el Control de las Enfermedades Cronicas no Transmisibles 2014-2024 2014
Ley N° 4698 de Garantia Nutricional en la Primera Infancia 2012
Law-Decree No.1860 issuing the Social Security Scheme and modifying the Law-Decree No. 18071, of 1 December 1950 as amended up to Law No. 3.990 of 3 May 2010 2010
Plan Nacional de Soberanía y Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional 2009
Marco de Cooperación de las Naciones Unidas con el Paraguay 2007
Labour Code - Act No. 213 establishing the Labour Code, dated 29 October 1993 (Gaceta Oficial No. 105 bis, 29 October 1993, pp. 1-30), as amended up to Law No. 3384/2007. 2007
Política Nacional de Salud 2005-2008 2005
Ley No. 1.478 de Comercialización de Sucedáneos de la Leche Materna el Congreso de la Nación Paraguaya Sanciona con Fuerza de Ley 1999
Plan Nacional De Accion Para La Nutricion 1995
Programa Alimentario Nutricional Integral - PANI  
Progamme title and actions Start Year
Dietary guidelines of Paraguay.Dietary guidelines for children 2 years and younger. - Food-based dietary guidelines 2000