Egypt Food Security and Nutrition Indicators from FAOSTAT

FAOSTAT bulk data provides food security and nutrition indicators for Egypt. The dataset covers categories including the cost and affordability of a healthy diet, food balances from 2010 onward, and a suite of food security indicators. It was last updated on 2026-06-10.

Use Cases

• Modeling the economic accessibility of nutritious diets based on cost and affordability indicators
• Analyzing national food supply trends based on food balance sheet data from 2010 onward
• Benchmarking Egypt's food security performance against global metrics using the suite of indicators

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative FAOSTAT bulk data service.
• Includes a multi-year time series for food balances starting from 2010.
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, permitting broad reuse with attribution.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Collection Method

Aggregated from FAOSTAT bulk data service.

Time Range

Food balance data from 2010 onward; specific ranges for other indicators are unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-10 06:00:39.180106; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Egypt