DRC Acute Food Insecurity Classifications from FEWS NET for 2019

FEWS NET classifications for acute food insecurity across the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 2019. The data is provided in geospatial formats for mapping and area-based analysis. This archived dataset was last updated on the HDX platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map projected food insecurity classifications across DRC administrative units for 2019.
• Analyze the spatial distribution and severity of acute food insecurity using the FEWS NET classification system.
• Integrate geospatial boundaries and classification labels with other humanitarian data for composite risk analysis.

Strengths

• Provides standardized FEWS NET acute food insecurity classifications.
• Data is available in common geospatial formats (GeoJSON, KML) for immediate use in GIS software.

Limitations

• The underlying FEWS NET Data Warehouse source is noted as unavailable, limiting data verification.
• Contains only a single year (2019) of projections, offering no multi-year trend analysis.
• Sample size, row count, and specific column details are unknown.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET (Famine Early Warning Systems Network).

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Dataset metadata was updated in April 2026, but the underlying data covers 2019.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo