Ecuador vs Iran: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Ecuador
4.9%
in 2024
Iran
4.3%
in 2017
Ecuador rank
62nd
Iran rank
65th
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Ecuador
- Iran
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 4.9% against 4.3% in Iran, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.
Ecuador ranks 62nd and Iran ranks 65th of 96 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: share of children who are underweight, Ecuador or Iran?
- Ecuador, at 4.9% against 4.3% in Iran as of 2024.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Ecuador and Iran?
- 0.6%, with Ecuador ahead.
- How do Ecuador and Iran rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Ecuador ranks 62nd and Iran ranks 65th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of children younger than five years old whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population for ages 0-59 months.