IPC Acute Food Insecurity Estimates for Guinea Since 2017

IPC Acute Food Insecurity classifications provide strategically relevant information to decision makers focusing on short-term objectives to prevent severe food insecurity. This data has been produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups for IPC population estimates since 2017, using official country population figures. IPC estimates are those published in country IPC reports.

Use Cases

• Monitor acute food insecurity trends based on IPC classification phases
• Plan humanitarian resource allocation based on population estimates
• Analyze geographic distribution of food insecurity based on geospatial data formats
• Benchmark national food security against global IPC data

Strengths

• Data is produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups, suggesting official involvement
• Population figures are based on official country estimates
• IPC estimates are sourced from published country IPC reports

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

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)

Collection Method

Produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups

Time Range

Since 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 04:18:18.138517; freshness should be verified

Geography

Guinea