IPC Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates for Mauritania Since 2017

IPC Acute Food Insecurity classification data provides strategically relevant information for short-term crisis response in Mauritania. The data is produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups and uses official country population estimates. IPC population figures are published in country IPC reports and updated through April 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitor acute food insecurity severity based on IPC classification methodology
• Plan humanitarian resource allocation based on population estimates
• Analyze trends in food insecurity over time since 2017
• Integrate national food security data with a global IPC dataset

Strengths

• Data is produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups, indicating official involvement
• Population figures are based on official country estimates
• IPC estimates are those published in authoritative country IPC reports
• Data is available in both CSV and GEOJSON formats

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

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)

Collection Method

IPC Acute Food Insecurity classification by National IPC Technical Working Groups

Time Range

Since 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 04:19:22.878502; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mauritania