What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Ecuador and Peru?

100,000 millions, with Peru ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Peru?

23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people who are undernourished. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ecuador vs Peru: Number of people who are undernourished

Ecuador

2.20 million millions

in 2023

Peru

2.30 million millions

in 2023

Ecuador rank

46th

Peru rank

44th

Number of people who are undernourished over time

Ecuador
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 2.30 million millions against 2.20 million millions in Ecuador, a difference of 100,000 millions.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Peru ahead.

Ecuador ranks 46th and Peru ranks 44th of 131 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and Peru in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Peru	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.27 million millions	4.68 million millions	2.41 million millions	Peru
2010s	1.54 million millions	1.95 million millions	410,000 millions	Peru
2020s	2.33 million millions	2.20 million millions	125,000 millions	Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who are undernourished, Ecuador or Peru?: Peru, at 2.30 million millions against 2.20 million millions in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Ecuador and Peru?: 100,000 millions, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Peru?: 23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Peru rank globally for number of people who are undernourished?: Ecuador ranks 46th and Peru ranks 44th of 131 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people who are undernourished. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of people who are undernourished
Unit: millions
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 131 places, 2,706 data points, 2001–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Undernourishment is measured as having a caloric intake that is insufficient to meet the minimum energy requirements necessary for a given individual.