IPC Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates for Eswatini Since 2017

IPC Acute Food Insecurity classifications provide strategically relevant information to decision makers for short-term crisis response. This data, produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups, contains population estimates for Eswatini based on official country figures since 2017. The dataset is part of a global collection on acute food insecurity.

Use Cases

• Monitor acute food insecurity trends in Eswatini based on IPC classification phases.
• Target humanitarian assistance based on population estimates for different severity levels.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of food insecurity using the geospatial data format.
• Compare national food security situations with the linked global IPC dataset.

Strengths

• Data is produced by official National IPC Technical Working Groups.
• Population estimates are based on official country figures.
• IPC estimates are those published in official country reports.
• Data is available in both CSV and GeoJSON formats.

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) and National IPC Technical Working Groups.

Collection Method

IPC Acute Food Insecurity classification analysis.

Time Range

Since 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 04:21:05.374549; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eswatini.