Mozambique Acute Food Insecurity Population Estimates Since 2017

IPC Acute Food Insecurity classification data for Mozambique provides strategically relevant information for short-term crisis prevention and mitigation. The data has been produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups for IPC population estimates since 2017, using official country population figures and published IPC reports. It is available in CSV and GeoJSON formats and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Prioritize humanitarian intervention areas based on IPC Acute Food Insecurity classification levels.
• Analyze trends in severe food insecurity over time based on population estimates since 2017.
• Create geospatial visualizations of food insecurity using the provided GeoJSON data.
• Cross-reference national IPC estimates with other regional or global food security datasets.

Strengths

• Data is produced by official National IPC Technical Working Groups, ensuring authoritative classification.
• Population figures are based on official country estimates, providing a standardized baseline.
• Time series begins in 2017, allowing for multi-year trend analysis.
• Data is available in both tabular (CSV) and geospatial (GeoJSON) formats for different analytical needs.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and National IPC Technical Working Groups.

Collection Method

Classification and estimation based on official country population figures and published IPC reports.

Time Range

Since 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-17 11:10:41.153319; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mozambique.