WFP HungerMapLIVE: Near Real-Time Food Security Data for Yemen
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Description
HungerMapLIVE is the World Food Programme's global hunger monitoring system. It combines metrics on food security, weather, population, conflict, hazards, nutrition, and macro-economic data to assess and predict hunger severity in near real-time for 94 countries, including Yemen. The dataset is provided by the WFP and was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
Predicting hunger severity based on integrated metrics like weather and conflict data mentioned in the description.
Monitoring near real-time food security conditions for humanitarian decision-making as described.
Analyzing the correlation between macro-economic indicators and hunger levels as suggested by the data sources.
Assessing population-level vulnerability by combining hazard and nutrition information referenced in the description.
Strengths
Covers 94 countries, including lower and lower-middle income countries as classified by the World Bank.
Integrates multiple key data sources including conflict, weather, and nutrition information as described.
Provides near real-time analysis for timely decision-making as stated in the description.
Data is provided by the authoritative World Food Programme (WFP).
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Last updated 2026-04-28 20:56:44.760124; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
Source
WFP - World Food Programme
Collection Method
Combines key metrics from various data sources such as food security information, weather, population, conflict, hazards, nutrition, and macro-economic data.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-28 20:56:44.760124.
Geography
Yemen, part of a global platform covering 94 countries.
License is CC-BY-SA-4.0, which requires attribution and share-alike provisions.