IPC Acute Food Insecurity: South Africa Population Estimates Since 2017

IPC Acute Food Insecurity classification data for South Africa provides strategically relevant information to decision makers focusing on short-term objectives to prevent or mitigate severe food insecurity. The data has been produced by the National IPC Technical Working Groups for IPC population estimates since 2017, based on official country population estimates. IPC estimates are those published in country IPC reports.

Use Cases

• Monitor acute food insecurity severity levels based on IPC classification phases.
• Analyze trends in food-insecure population estimates over time since 2017.
• Support resource allocation decisions for humanitarian interventions based on short-term food security objectives.
• Compare national food security situations with the linked global IPC dataset.

Strengths

• Data produced by the National IPC Technical Working Groups, an authoritative body.
• Population figures are based on official country population estimates.
• Estimates are published in formal country IPC reports.
• Data is available in both GEOJSON and CSV formats.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and National IPC Technical Working Groups.

Collection Method

IPC classification analysis applied to official population estimates.

Time Range

Since 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 04:21:50.441214; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Africa.