Nigeria Acute Food Insecurity Classifications from FEWS NET, 2011

FEWS NET's Nigeria Current Situation Acute Food Insecurity Classifications Data provides geospatial and tabular information on food security conditions. The dataset originates from 2011 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map regional food insecurity severity based on FEWS NET classification data.
• Analyze temporal trends in acute food insecurity for Nigeria starting from 2011.
• Integrate food security classifications with other geospatial datasets for composite risk analysis.

Strengths

• Data is provided by FEWS NET, a specialized authority on food security early warning.
• Available in multiple formats including GEOJSON, CSV, KML, XLSX, and JSON for flexibility.
• Has a clear, permissive license (CC-BY-4.0).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Likely contains classifications derived from integrated analysis of market data, crop assessments, and household surveys.

Time Range

From 2011.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 10:11:25.467348; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nigeria