DRC Acute Food Insecurity Classifications for 2021

FEWS NET geographic data classifies acute food insecurity across the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the year 2021. The dataset is provided in geospatial formats like GeoJSON and KML. It was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map regional food insecurity classifications for 2021 to identify priority intervention zones.
• Analyze spatial patterns of acute food insecurity using polygon features from the geospatial data.
• Integrate FEWS NET classification layers with other geospatial data for composite risk analysis.

Strengths

• Data is provided by FEWS NET, a leading authority on food security early warning.
• Geospatial formats (GeoJSON, KML) enable direct integration with GIS software.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for broad use.

Limitations

• The dataset contains classifications for a single year (2021), limiting temporal trend analysis.
• Specific metrics like row count, population coverage, or classification granularity are unknown.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network).

Collection Method

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Time Range

2021

Freshness

Platform record was updated in 2026, but the underlying data covers 2021.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo