Niger Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates from FEWS NET, 2019

Niger population estimates for acute food insecurity, produced by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) for the year 2019. The data is available in CSV, XLSX, and JSON formats under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on the HDX platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess the scale of acute food insecurity in Niger based on population estimates.
• Model food security risk factors based on FEWS NET's assessment methodology.
• Track changes in food-insecure populations over time based on the 2019 reference point.
• Support resource allocation and intervention planning for humanitarian agencies.

Strengths

• Data originates from FEWS NET, a specialized and authoritative source for food security analysis.
• Available in three common structured formats (CSV, XLSX, JSON) for flexibility.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

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

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Likely contains estimates derived from FEWS NET's integrated food security analysis.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:10:17.058408; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Niger