Niger Acute Food Insecurity Classifications and Projections for 2020

2020 data provides FEWS NET acute food insecurity classifications and medium-term projections for Niger in geospatial format. The dataset contains geographic boundaries and associated classification levels. It was created by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map acute food insecurity classification levels across Niger's administrative units for 2020.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of projected food insecurity risk using geographic boundaries.
• Join classification data with other geospatial layers using administrative unit identifiers or geometry.
• Create time-series visualizations of food security conditions by integrating this 2020 snapshot with other years.

Strengths

• Geospatial data provides precise geographic boundaries for analysis.
• Projection data offers forward-looking risk assessment for planning.
• Data is from FEWS NET, a leading authority on food security monitoring.

Limitations

• Data is limited to a single year (2020), restricting longitudinal analysis.
• The specific number of geographic features (rows) and attribute columns is unknown.
• Projections may be based on models whose assumptions are not detailed in the metadata.

Provenance

Source

Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET).

Collection Method

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Time Range

2020

Freshness

Metadata was updated in April 2026, but the underlying data covers 2020.

Geography

Niger