Vietnam Food Security and Nutrition Indicators from FAO, 2010 Onward

Food Security and Nutrition Indicators for Vietnam, sourced from the FAOSTAT bulk data service. The dataset likely contains metrics on the cost and affordability of a healthy diet, food balances, and a suite of food security indicators. It was last updated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on 2026-06-10.

Use Cases

• Modeling the economic accessibility of healthy diets based on the Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet (CoAHD) indicators
• Analyzing national food supply and utilization patterns based on Food Balances data
• Tracking progress on food security targets based on the suite of food security indicators

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative FAOSTAT service of the United Nations FAO
• Covers multiple indicator categories including cost, affordability, and food balances
• Has a clear open license (CC-BY-3.0-IGO) for reuse

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations via FAOSTAT

Collection Method

Aggregated national statistics from the FAOSTAT bulk data service

Time Range

Food balances data covers from 2010 onward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-10 22:39:35.669300; freshness should be verified

Geography

Vietnam