{"entity":{"iso2":"EC","iso3":"ECU","name":"Ecuador","slug":"ecuador"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"prevalence-of-stunting-male-vs-female","source":"Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) \u2013 processed by Our World in Data","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/prevalence-of-stunting-male-vs-female","title":"Malnutrition: Prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female","unit":"% of children under 5"},"observations":[{"date":"1999-01-01","value":28.8},{"date":"2004-01-01","value":30.9},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":27.7},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":26.1},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":25.9},{"date":"2023-01-01","value":18.5},{"date":"2024-01-01","value":19.2}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2024-01-01","latest_value":19.2,"max":30.9,"mean":25.3,"min":18.5,"of":83,"rank":47,"trend":"falling"}}