Ethiopia Acute Food Insecurity Classifications from FEWS NET, 2011 Onward

FEWS NET classifications for acute food insecurity in Ethiopia, with data starting from 2011. The dataset is provided in multiple formats including GEOJSON, CSV, and XLSX, indicating both tabular and geospatial representations. It was last updated on 2026-03-26 and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Map acute food insecurity severity based on FEWS NET classifications.
• Analyze temporal trends in food insecurity classifications for Ethiopia.
• Integrate food security data with other geospatial layers for risk assessment.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple interoperable formats (GEOJSON, CSV, KML, XLSX, JSON).
• Has a clear, permissive license (CC-BY-4.0).
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded (2026-03-26 09:49:07.833502).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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

Collection Method

Likely contains official classifications from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network.

Time Range

Data from 2011 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:49:07.833502; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ethiopia