Yemen Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates from FEWS NET, 2019

FEWS NET data provides estimates of the population facing acute food insecurity in Yemen for the year 2019. The dataset likely contains figures on the number and proportion of people classified under different severity levels of food insecurity. It is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on the HDX platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the spatial and temporal distribution of food insecurity based on population estimates.
• Assessing the severity of a humanitarian crisis based on the classification of acute food insecurity.
• Informing resource allocation for food aid programs based on estimated population needs.
• Tracking changes in food security conditions over time for a specific country.

Strengths

• Data is produced by FEWS NET, a specialized and authoritative source on food security.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• Available in multiple common formats (JSON, XLSX, CSV) for flexibility.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Likely contains modeled estimates based on food security analysis frameworks.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 10:44:40.739695; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Yemen