World Food Security Outlook

World, 1999 - 2030

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Reference ID

WLD_2023_WFSO_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/ev5a-ke69

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Bo Pieter Johannes Andree

Collection(s)

Fragility, Conflict and Violence Real-Time Development Indicators (RTDI)

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DDI/XML JSON

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Nov 13, 2023

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The food insecurity indicator value (value)

Data file: WFSO_apr_2024

Overview

Valid: 19673

Minimum: 0.1

Maximum: 251401449.0

Mean: 1425572.9966344738

Standard deviation: 10343425.573119631

Type: Continuous

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

The prevalence rates are expressed as the 3-year average percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as severely food insecure. A household is classified as severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to several of the most severe experiences described in the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) questions, such as to have been forced to reduce the quantity of the food, to have skipped meals, having gone hungry, or having to go for a whole day without eating because of a lack of money or other resources. Financing needs are calculated at the level required to meet the short-term replacement cost of 25 percent of daily caloric needs for the number of severely food insecure people.

Imputation and derivation

Imputation

Some values are imputed using the different methods that are described. The flag, notes and estimated fields contain information about the imputation procedure and when it was carried out.

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Notes

The approach to calculate Short-Term Caloric Needs Financing (Thousands) follows the original calculations by the IDA reference provides in the notes field and were based on a conservative estimate of safety net financing needs of the World Bank's FCV (Fragility, Conflict and Violence) operational portfolio.

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