IPC Acute Food Insecurity: El Salvador Population Estimates Since 2017

Since 2017, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) has produced acute food insecurity population estimates for El Salvador. This data, published in country IPC reports, provides strategically relevant information for short-term decision-making to prevent or mitigate severe food insecurity. National population figures are based on official country estimates.

Use Cases

• Monitor acute food insecurity severity levels based on IPC classification phases.
• Analyze trends in food-insecure population numbers over time.
• Support resource allocation decisions based on short-term food security objectives.
• Cross-reference national food security estimates with other regional or global datasets.

Strengths

• Data is produced by the National IPC Technical Working Group, an authoritative body.
• Population estimates are based on official country figures.
• Data has been produced since 2017, providing a multi-year time series.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) National Technical Working Groups

Collection Method

IPC Acute Food Insecurity (IPC AFI) classification analysis, with national population figures based on official country estimates.

Time Range

Since 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 04:20:39.488804; freshness should be verified.

Geography

El Salvador