DRC Acute Food Insecurity Classifications: 2019-2020

Democratic Republic of the Congo geographic data classifies areas by acute food insecurity levels using the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) framework. The dataset is produced by FEWS NET and covers the years 2019 and 2020. It is archived on HDX as the source FEWS NET Data Warehouse is currently unavailable.

Use Cases

• Mapping food insecurity hotspots based on IPC classification levels
• Analyzing year-over-year changes in food security conditions from 2019 to 2020
• Prioritizing resource allocation for humanitarian aid using geospatial boundaries

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse
• Cross-platform presence on HDX suggests established use within the humanitarian community
• Covers two distinct years (2019 and 2020), enabling temporal analysis

Limitations

• Column names and row counts are unknown, limiting understanding of data structure
• The dataset is archived because the source FEWS NET Data Warehouse is unavailable, which may affect access to updates or documentation
• Metadata is sparse, with missing author and organization details for some entries

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network)

Time Range

2019-2020

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-05, though this reflects archival status rather than new data.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo