GLIDE Disaster Events: Sierra Leone Disaster Records

GLIDE Initiative's dataset provides GLobal unique IDEntifiers for Disasters (GLIDEnumbers) for Sierra Leone. Each disaster is registered in a record with a unique identifier to enable interoperability across multiple disaster information sources. The data is available in CSV and GEOJSON formats and was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Cross-reference disaster events across different humanitarian data sources based on the GLIDEnumber.
• Map disaster occurrences in Sierra Leone based on the geospatial data format (GEOJSON).
• Analyze disaster frequency and types in Sierra Leone based on the structured disaster records.
• Integrate disaster identifiers into humanitarian information systems for improved coordination.

Strengths

• Provides a globally recognized unique identifier (GLIDEnumber) for each disaster event.
• Used by major institutions including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and FAO, suggesting wide adoption.
• Available in both tabular (CSV) and geospatial (GEOJSON) formats for different analysis needs.

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

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:56:35.920921; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sierra Leone