Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) was 0.2 million No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Ecuador, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.2 million No for number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 33.3% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Ecuador peaked at 0.5 million No in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2 million No, in 2024.
That places Ecuador 56th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4 million No | — |
| 2001 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5 million No | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4 million No | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3 million No | -25.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2 million No | -33.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.2 million No is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2 million No, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.2 million No is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.25 million No, 80% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.43 million No | 0.4 million No | 0.5 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.35 million No | 0.3 million No | 0.4 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.28 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.3 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Ecuador?
- Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) in Ecuador was 0.2 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 million No in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 million No in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled)?
- Ecuador ranks 56th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled) rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modeled estimates) (million) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.