Ethiopia: FEWS NET Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates, 2019

Ethiopia's acutely food insecure population estimates for 2019, produced by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). The data is available in multiple formats including JSON, XLSX, and CSV under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on the HDX platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling acute food insecurity trends based on FEWS NET population estimates.
• Assessing regional vulnerability for humanitarian targeting based on the described food security data.
• Integrating food security indicators into broader socioeconomic analyses for Ethiopia.

Strengths

• Data originates from FEWS NET, a specialized food security monitoring authority.
• Available in three common data formats (JSON, XLSX, CSV) for flexibility.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Likely contains population estimates derived from FEWS NET's food security analysis.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 10:44:40.029792; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ethiopia