South Sudan Acute Food Insecurity Classifications by FEWS NET, 2011 Onwards

South Sudan current situation data from FEWS NET, classifying acute food insecurity at the first-level administrative unit. The dataset includes temporal coverage from 2011, indicated by projection_start and projection_end columns. It is curated into ML-ready Parquet format by electricsheepafrica and sourced from HDX.

Use Cases

• Modeling food insecurity trends over time based on the projection_start and projection_end columns.
• Mapping acute food insecurity classifications across first-level administrative units in South Sudan.
• Analyzing the impact of humanitarian interventions on food security classifications over time.

Strengths

• Data spans from 2011, providing a multi-year time series.
• Geographic scope is explicitly defined as South Sudan (SSD).
• Curated into ML-ready Parquet format for easier processing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET via HDX.

Collection Method

Likely contains administrative unit observations from FEWS NET's monitoring systems.

Time Range

From 2011.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 18:10:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Sudan (SSD).