Kenya Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates from FEWS NET, 2019

FEWS NET data provides estimates for the population facing acute food insecurity in Kenya for the year 2019. The dataset is available in multiple structured formats, including CSV, XLSX, and JSON. It was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling food insecurity trends based on population estimates mentioned in the description
• Assessing regional vulnerability for aid targeting based on the geographic focus on Kenya
• Integrating with other socio-economic indicators for composite risk analysis based on the food security domain

Strengths

• Data originates from FEWS NET, a specialized authority on food security
• Available in three structured formats (CSV, XLSX, JSON) for flexibility
• Released 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
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Population estimates for acute food insecurity, likely based on monitoring and assessment.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:28:02.664817; freshness should be verified

Geography

Kenya