What is the difference in number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet between Central African Republic and Ecuador?

200,000 people, with Ecuador ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Ecuador?

8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

FAO and World Bank (2025), using data and methods from Bai et al. (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Ecuador: Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet

Central African Republic

4.60 million people

in 2024

Ecuador

4.80 million people

in 2024

Central African Republic rank

60th

Ecuador rank

58th

Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet over time

Central African Republic
Ecuador

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 4.80 million people against 4.60 million people in Central African Republic, a difference of 200,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 60th and Ecuador ranks 58th of 150 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 1 and Ecuador in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Ecuador	Difference	Ahead
2010s	4.20 million people	4.10 million people	100,000 people	Central African Republic
2020s	4.44 million people	4.84 million people	400,000 people	Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet, Central African Republic or Ecuador?: Ecuador, at 4.80 million people against 4.60 million people in Central African Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet between Central African Republic and Ecuador?: 200,000 people, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Ecuador?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Central African Republic and Ecuador rank globally for number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet?: Central African Republic ranks 60th and Ecuador ranks 58th of 150 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAO and World Bank (2025), using data and methods from Bai et al. (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet
Unit: people
Source: FAO and World Bank (2025), using data and methods from Bai et al. (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 150 places, 1,199 data points, 2017–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet in a given country and year.