What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Haiti and Iraq?

400,000 millions, with Iraq ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Iraq?

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.

Haiti vs Iraq: Number of people who are undernourished

Haiti

6.30 million millions

in 2023

Iraq

6.70 million millions

in 2023

Haiti rank

23rd

Iraq rank

21st

Number of people who are undernourished over time

Haiti
Iraq

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 6.70 million millions against 6.30 million millions in Haiti, a difference of 400,000 millions.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Haiti's.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Iraq has been ahead every year.

Haiti ranks 23rd and Iraq ranks 21st of 131 countries.

Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Haiti	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
2000s	4.19 million millions	4.78 million millions	588,889 millions	Iraq
2010s	4.14 million millions	5.54 million millions	1.40 million millions	Iraq
2020s	5.62 million millions	6.60 million millions	975,000 millions	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who are undernourished, Haiti or Iraq?: Iraq, at 6.70 million millions against 6.30 million millions in Haiti as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Haiti and Iraq?: 400,000 millions, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Iraq?: 23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Haiti and Iraq rank globally for number of people who are undernourished?: Haiti ranks 23rd and Iraq ranks 21st 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.