Syrian Food Security & Agriculture Severity Classification by Admin1 and Year

OCHA Syria's dataset contains tabular data representing the severity classification of Food Security & Agriculture (FSA) People in Need (PiN) by admin1, extracted from the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO). The data was last updated on 2026-04-19 19:15:51.305570 and is provided in XLSX format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping regional severity of food insecurity based on the People in Need (PiN) classification
• Analyzing year-over-year trends in agricultural needs based on the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) source
• Prioritizing aid allocation across Syrian administrative regions (admin1) based on severity data

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), an authoritative humanitarian planning document.
• The dataset is structured by admin1 (first-level administrative division) and by year, enabling temporal and geographic analysis.
• It is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OCHA Syria, extracted from the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO).

Collection Method

Likely extracted and compiled from annual HNO reports.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-19 19:15:51.305570; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Syrian Arab Republic, by admin1 (first-level administrative division).