Nutrition Landscape Information System (NLiS)


Serbia

NLiS Country Profile: Serbia

Child Malnutrition

Child (<5 y) Anthropometry
Indicator Year Value
Low birth weight (<2500 g) (%) 2015 4.5
Overweight (BMI-for-age >+1 SD) in school-age children and adolescents 5-19 years (%) 2016 27.4

Malnutrition in Women

Female malnutrition based on BMI

Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies

Indicator Year Value
Anaemia children <5 y (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 26.4
Anaemia in non-pregnant women (Hb <120 g/L) (%) 2016 27.2
Anaemia in pregnant women (Hb <110 g/L) (%) 2016 28.4
Anaemia in women of reproductive age (%) 2016 27.2
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) 2007 195.3
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 99.9
Population using improved drinking-water sources (%) 2015 99.2
Population using improved sanitation facility (%) 2015 96.4
Children aged 1 year immunized against measles (%) 2016 82.0
Any antenatal iron supplementation (%)   no data
Children <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%) 2010 83.2
Children with diarrhoea receiving zinc (%)   no data
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 (%) 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 (%) 2015 0.1

Caring Practices

Indicator Year Value
Early initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth (%) 2014 50.8
Introduction to solid, semi-solid or soft foods in infants 6-8 months (%) 2014 96.6
Minimum acceptable diet (MAD) in children 6-23 months (%) 2014 69.7
Children with diarrhoea <5 y receiving oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and continued feeding (%) 2010 59.7
No breastfeeding data available for this country

Commitment

Indicator Year Value
General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure 2014 13.9
Total expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product 2014 10.4
Per capita total expenditure on health (US$) 2014 1312.2
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 20 weeks
International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: Legal status of the Code 2018 Many provisions in law

Capacity

Indicator Year Value
Degree training in nutrition exists 2016-2017 Yes
Nutrition is part of medical curricula   no data
Nutrition professionals density (per 100,000 population) 2016-2017 0.9
Nursing and midwifery personnel density per 1,000 population 2014 5.0
GDP per capita (PPP US$) 2018 17,404
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%) 2018 4.9
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (% of GNI) 2017 4.1
Low-Income Food-Deficit Country (LIFDC) 2018 No

Meta-indicators

Indicator Year Value
Averaged aggregate governance indicators 2018 -0.1
Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2017 0.181
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment (ratio of girls to boys) 2018 1
Human development index (HDI) value 2017 0.8
Seats held by women in national parliament (%) 2019 37.7

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
Nutrition guidelines for infants and preschool and school age children/ Смјернице за исхрану дојенчади и дјеце предшколског и школског узраста 2013
Policy for Improvement of Health of the Population of Republic of Srpska until 2020/ Политика унапређивања здравља становништва Републике Српске до 2020. године 2012
Pravnik o Uslovima za Deklarisanje, Oznacavanje I Reklamiranje Hrane za Životinje / Declaration on Food Marketing for Anima Food 2010
Labor Law (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia no. 24/05, 61/05, 54/09) 2009
Progamme title and actions Start Year
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q8) - Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) 1994
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q15) - Reformulation of foods and/or beverages to reduce salt/sodium content  
GNPR 2016-2017: Promotion of healthy diet and prevention of obesity and diet-related NCDs (q15) - Reformulation of foods and/or beverages to reduce sugar content  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q10) - Complementary feeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q6) - Growth monitoring and promotion  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q7) - Breastfeeding promotion and/or counselling  
GNPR 2016-2017: Infant and young child nutrition (q9c) - Infant feeding in the context of emergencies  
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 (q21) - Nutrition education and counselling