IPC Acute Food Insecurity: Nigeria Population Estimates Since 2017

Nigeria's IPC Acute Food Insecurity data provides short-term population estimates for severe food insecurity. The data is produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups and uses official country population figures. Estimates are published in country IPC reports, with a global dataset also available.

Use Cases

• Monitor short-term food insecurity trends based on IPC classification phases.
• Target humanitarian interventions based on population estimates for acute food insecurity.
• Analyze geographic patterns of food insecurity using the geospatial data format.
• Benchmark national food security against a global dataset for comparative analysis.

Strengths

• Data produced by official National IPC Technical Working Groups since 2017.
• Population figures are based on official country estimates.
• Available in multiple formats including CSV and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-04-30 04:20:09.025884; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)

Collection Method

Produced by National IPC Technical Working Groups; estimates published in country IPC reports.

Time Range

Since 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 04:20:09.025884

Geography

Nigeria