Countries | Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index Africa

Key data for Angola

NCI45th HRCI35th HANCI42nd

HANCI Africa compares 45 countries for their performance on 22 indicators of political commitment to reduce hunger and undernutrition. All the countries compared in the index have high rates of hunger and undernutrition. The comparative approach of the index means that country scores are calculated in relation to the political commitment of the other countries in the index.

1South Africa
2Malawi
3Madagascar
4Kenya
5Tanzania
6Burkina Faso
7Rwanda

8Gambia
9Namibia
10Côte d'Ivoire
10Cape Verde
12Egypt
12Senegal
14Mali

15Tunisia
16Benin
17Ethiopia
17Zambia
19Mozambique
19Swaziland
21Botswana

22Niger
23Ghana
23Liberia
25Uganda
26Congo, DR
26Zimbabwe
28Burundi

29Sao Tome And Principe
30Sierra Leone
31Algeria
31Morocco
33Cameroon
34Lesotho
35Congo

36Mauritania
37Nigeria
38Gabon
39Togo
40Chad
41Guinea
42Angola

43Comoros
44Guinea‑Bissau
45Sudan

Existing rates of: Stunting: 29.20% Wasting: 8.20% Proportion of population underweight: 15.60% Source: Gov. of Angola (Ministry of Health Angola, 2007)

Strong Performance

Government of Angola has ensured tenure security for rural populations. Land titling is common and land markets function well. Policy promotes equitable access to common property resources.
Angola has devised a National Nutrition Policy/Strategy.
Angola has introduced a multisectoral and multistakeholder policy coordination mechanism to support delivery of the National Nutrition Policy/Strategy.
The Government of Angola promotes complementary feeding practices.
In Angola, constitutional protection of the right to social security is strong.

Areas for improvement

Spending on agriculture (0.83% of public spending in 2014), does not meet government commitments set out in the African Union’s Maputo Declaration (10% of public spending).
Angola’s spending in its health sector (5% of public spending in 2014) does not fully meet (15%) commitments set out in the Abuja Declaration.
In Angola, the law gives women and men equal economic rights and equal legal access to agricultural land. However, these laws are not effectively enforced and discriminatory practices against women continue, increasing their vulnerability to hunger and undernutrition.
Relative to other HANCI countries, Angola's medium/long term national development policy (MPLA Development Program) places weak importance to nutrition.
Angola does not have a separate budget line for nutrition; this prevents transparency and accountability for spending.
Even though Angola has developed a National Nutrition Policy/Strategy and a multisectoral and multistakeholder policy coordination mechanism, clear time-bound nutrition targets are still lacking.
Policymakers in Angola do not benefit from regular nutrition surveys that are statistically representative at national level. The last survey was published in 2007.
The Government of Angola has not enshrined the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes into domestic law.
The Government of Angola has only achieved two high doses of vitamin A supplementation for 6% of children in 2014.
Weak access to an improved source of drinking water (49% in 2015) and an improved sanitation facility (51.6% in 2015) prevents positive outcomes for hunger and nutrition in Angola.
Social safety nets in Angola are basic and only cover few risks for a limited number of beneficiaries.

Hunger Reduction Commitment Index (HRCI)

Public Spending	Score	Year	HRCI rank of 45
Public spending on agriculture as share of total public spending ? 2005-2014 Government expenditures on agriculture as share of total government expenditures (Percentage). Color codes or labels used in score cards: Green if >=10 Yellow if <10 and >=7.5 Red if <7.5 IFPRI (SPEED database), ReSAKSS calculations using IMF Government Statistics http://www.resakss.org/map http://www.ifpri.org/publication/statistics-public-expenditures-economic-development-speed	0.83%	2014	44th
Public spending on health as share of total public spending ? 2014 Government expenditure on health as a share of total government expenditure (Percentage). Color codes or labels used in score cards: Green if >=15 Yellow if <15 and >=11.25 Red if <11.25 WHO Global Health Observatory Data Repository http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.75	5%	2014	44th

Policies	Score	Year	HRCI rank of 45
Access to land (security of tenure) ? 2005-2014 Assesses the existence of an institutional, legal and market framework for secure land tenure and the procedure for land acquisition and accessibility to all. The Ratings Scale goes from 6 (high) through 1 (low), as follows: 6 - Good for an 3 years 5 - Good 4 - Moderately Satisfactory 3 - Moderately Unsatisfactory 2 - Unsatisfactory 1 - Unsatisfactory for 3 years Color code/labels used in scorecards Very strong/Strong if >=4 Moderate if >2.99 AND <4 Weak/Very weak if <=2.99 The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/pdf/IFD.xlsx	Strong	2014	9th
Access to agricultural research and extension services ? 2004-2013 This indicator assesses to what extent the agricultural research and extension system is accessible to poor farmers, including women farmers, and is responsive to the needs and priorities of the poor farmers. Coding is done in the same manner as for the 'security of access to land' indicator. Color code/labels used in scorecards Very strong/Strong if >=4 Moderate if >2.99 AND <4 Weak/Very weak if <=2.99 The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) https://www.ifad.org/what/operating_model/tags/pba/1962207	Moderate	2013	29th
Civil registration system — coverage of live births ? 2001-2014 Percentage of children under five years of age who were registered at the moment of the survey. Color code/labels used in scorecards Green if >=90 Yellow if between 70 AND 90 Red if <=70 UNICEF: DHS/MICS http://data.unicef.org/	35.6%	2001	36th
Functioning of social protection systems ? 2008-2016 10 = Social safety nets are comprehensive. 7 = Social safety nets are well developed, but do not cover all risks for all strata of the population. 4 = Social safety nets are rudimentary and cover only few risks for a limited number of beneﬁciaries. 1 = Social safety nets do not exist. Color code/labels used in scorecards Very strong/Strong if >=7 Moderate if >4 AND <7 Weak/Very weak if <=4 Transformation Index of the Bertelsmann Stiftung (BTI) http://www.bti-project.org/index/	Weak	2016	20th

Laws	Score	Year	HRCI rank of 45
Level of constitutional protection of the right to food ? 2006-2016 Strong = 3 "Explicit for all citizens and/or specific groups or incorporated under article protecting living standards AND/OR Ratified international law is automatically assigned equal status as constitutional law" Moderate = 2 "Implicit as part of a broader right in constitutional law." Weak = 1 "No constitutional protection, OR as Directive Principle (not justiceable) OR Likely or confirmed equality of ratified international law to national legislation" FAO information paper and FAO web database on Right to Food. http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/ap554e/ap554e.pdf ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a0511e/a0511e00.pdf	Moderate	2013	8th
Equality of women’s access to agricultural land ? 2011-2014 Score based on women’s legal rights and de facto rights to own and/or access agricultural land. Value based on the following scale: 1: equal 0.5: Women have equal legal rights but there are discriminatory practices against women’s access to and ownership of land in practice. 0: Women have no/few legal rights to access or own land or access is severely restricted by discriminatory practices. (note: in HANCI calculation, this scoring is reversed for consistency) Color code/labels used in scorecards In Law & Practice if 1 In Law, not in Practice if 0.5 Not in Law if 0 Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) accessed via OECD's Gender, Institutions and Development Database (GID-DB) http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?datasetcode=GIDDB2012 http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?datasetcode=GIDDB2014	In Law, not in Practice	2014	1st
Equality of women’s economic rights ? 2011 The extent to which women have equal economic rights in law and in practice. 0: there were no economic rights for women in law and systematic discrimination based on sex may have been built into law. 1: women had some economic rights under law, but these rights were not effectively enforced. 2: women had some economic rights under law, and the government effectively enforced these rights in practice while still allowing a low level of discrimination against women in economic matters. 3: all or nearly all of women’s economic rights were guaranteed by law and the government fully and vigorously enforces these laws in practice. Color code/labels used in scorecards In Law & Practice if 3 In Law, not in Practice if 1 OR 2 Not in Law if 0 The Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Data Project http://www.humanrightsdata.com/	In Law, not in Practice	2011	7th
Constitutional right to social security ? 2006-2016 The Constitution clearly references a right to social security (see Annex II of the source document). Green if "yes" Red if "no" FAO information paper ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a0511e/a0511e00.pdf	Yes	2010	1st

Nutrition Commitment Index (NCI)

Public Spending	Score	Year	NCI rank of 45
Separate budget for nutrition ? 2011-2015 0 = no budgets or where no confirming information could be found 0.5 = sectoral budgets for nutrition 1 = separate budget line for nutrition Color codes or labels used in score cards: Yes if 1 Sectoral only if 0.5 No if 0 SUN Compendium of fiches; IDS Nutrition Governance; Save the Children Nutrition Barometer; WHO Landscape Analysis; Global Nutrition Report (N4G tracking tables). http://globalnutritionreport.org/the-report/nutrition-for-growth-tracking-tables/ http://scalingupnutrition.org/	Sectoral only	2012	29th

Policies	Score	Year	NCI rank of 45
Vitamin A supplementation coverage for children ? 1996-2014 The percentage of children aged 6-59 months who received 2 high doses of vitamin A supplements within the last year. Color code/labels used in scorecards Green if >=90 Yellow if >70 AND <90 Red if <=70 MICS Indicators, UNICEF field offices and WHO, Countdown 2015 reports, author calculations based on government data http://data.unicef.org/	6.0%	2014	44th
Government promotes complementary feeding ? 2010-2014 Whether governments promote complementary feeding practices of children aged 6–9 months and continued breastfeeding of children at ages 12–15 and 20–23 months. Green if "yes" Red if "no" Sun Reports; world breast feeding trends initiative http://worldbreastfeedingtrends.org/ http://scalingupnutrition.org/	Yes	2010	1st
Population with access to an improved water source ? 2014-2015 The percentage of population with access to an improved drinking-water source. Color code/labels used in scorecards Green if >=90 Yellow if >70 AND <90 Red if <=70 Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for water supply and Sanitation - WHO/UNICEF http://www.wssinfo.org/data-estimates/table/	49.0%	2015	45th
Population with access to improved sanitation ? 2014-2015 The percentage of population with access to improved sanitation facilities. Color code/labels used in scorecards Green if >=90 Yellow if >70 AND <90 Red if <=70 Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for water supply and Sanitation - WHO/UNICEF http://www.wssinfo.org/data-estimates/table/	51.6%	2015	11th
Health care visits for pregnant women ? 2005-2015 Percentage of women aged 15–49 years attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel (doctor, nurse or midwife). Color code/labels used in scorecards Green if >=90 Yellow if >70 AND <90 Red if <=70 UNICEF: DHS/MICS http://data.unicef.org/	79.8%	2007	38th
Nutrition features in national development policy ? 2016 Source: Web-based searches. The total count of key search terms in a selected policy document divided by the number of pages in the document, expressed as country ranking relative to other countries. Search terms: nutritio.; undernutrition/under-nutrition; malnutrition/mal-nutrition nutrient; diet.; stunt.; wasting/wasted; short-for-age; short for age; height-for-age; height for age; weight-for-age; weight for age; weight for height; weight-for-height; Underweight; under-weight; Low birth weight; Thinness; Micro-nutrient; micronutrient; 1000 days; one thousand days; Breastfeed.; Behavior change; behaviour change; Iron deficiency anaemi/anemi; Zinc; Deworm; de-worm; Vitamin A; Supplementary feed; complementary feed. Scorecards present the ranks of these scores Strong if rank <=15 Moderate if rank 16 to 30 Weak if rank >=31 web-based searches.	Weak	2012-2017	35th
National Nutrition Policy/Strategy ? 2011-2015 Whether a national nutrition policy, plan or strategy exists. Green if "yes" Red if "no" EIU Global Food Security Index http://foodsecurityindex.eiu.com/	Yes	2015	1st
Multisector and multistakeholder policy coordination ? 2000-2015 Whether a multisectoral and multistakeholder coordination mechanism exists. Green if "yes" Red if "no" SUN fiches/Country docs and unpublished SUN country documents http://scalingupnutrition.org/	Yes	2012	1st
Time bound nutrition targets ? 2010-2015 Whether governments identify time bound nutrition targets in public policy documents. Green if "yes" Red if "no" SUN Movement Annual Progress Reports; Global Nutrition Report 2015 http://globalnutritionreport.org/ http://scalingupnutrition.org/	No	2014	32nd
National nutrition survey in last 3 years ? 2005-2016 Has there been a Demographic and Health Survey / Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey /comparable national nutrition survey in the past three years? 1: Yes, if the survey was dated 2013 or thereafter, or currently underway. 0: No, new surveys were not undertaken after 2013. UNICEF, DHS and national nutrition surveys http://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm http://mics.unicef.org/surveys	No	2007	35th

Laws	Score	Year	NCI rank of 45
Enshrine ICBMS in domestic law ? 2016 The extent to which the International Code for Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes is enshrined in law. 4 = ICBMS is fully in law. 3 = Many provisions of ICBMS are in law. 2 = Few provisions are in law. 1 = No legal measures. Color code/labels used in scorecards Fully Enshrined if 4 Few/Many Aspects Enshrined if 2 or 3 Not Enshrined in Law if 1 "Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes: National Implementation of the International Code, Status Report 2016." http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/206008	Not Enshrined in Law	2016	33rd