South Sudan Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates from FEWS NET, 2019

FEWS NET data from 2019 provides estimates of the acutely food insecure population in South Sudan. The dataset is available in CSV, XLSX, and JSON formats under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on the HDX platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling food insecurity trends based on FEWS NET population estimates.
• Assessing humanitarian aid needs based on estimated food insecure populations.
• Integrating food security data into regional risk analyses based on the geographic focus on South Sudan.

Strengths

• Data originates from FEWS NET, a specialized food security monitoring organization.
• Available in three common structured formats: CSV, XLSX, and JSON.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The primary data is from 2019, though the metadata was updated in 2026; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Likely contains population estimates derived from FEWS NET's food security analysis.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:24:07.664553; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Sudan