Malawi Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates from FEWS NET, 2019

FEWS NET data provides estimates for the acutely food insecure population in Malawi for the year 2019. The dataset is available in multiple formats including CSV, XLSX, and JSON, and was last updated in March 2026. It is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling food insecurity risk based on population estimates.
• Tracking changes in acute food insecurity over time based on the 2019 data point.
• Informing resource allocation for humanitarian aid based on estimated need.

Strengths

• Data is provided by FEWS NET, a specialized food security monitoring organization.
• Available in three common, machine-readable formats: CSV, XLSX, and JSON.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are 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 food security monitoring and analysis.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:06:06.281877; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malawi