IPC Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates for Guatemala

IPC Acute Food Insecurity classifications provide strategic information on severe food insecurity threatening lives or livelihoods. The data is produced by Guatemala's National IPC Technical Working Group and uses official country population estimates for IPC population figures since 2017. IPC estimates are those published in official country IPC reports.

Use Cases

• Monitor acute food insecurity severity based on IPC classification phases
• Analyze population estimates affected by food insecurity based on official country figures
• Support humanitarian response planning based on strategically relevant information
• Track changes in food insecurity over time based on data produced since 2017

Strengths

• Data is produced by the National IPC Technical Working Group, indicating official involvement
• All national population figures are based on official country population estimates
• IPC estimates are those published in official country IPC reports

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)

Collection Method

Produced by the National IPC Technical Working Groups for IPC population estimates

Time Range

Since 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 04:18:34.418764; freshness should be verified

Geography

Guatemala