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Food insecurity, classified

Global Food Insecurity

An interactive globe of the IPC food insecurity classifications from November 2024, showing the highest phase reported in each country and the number of people affected.

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Dark globe centered on Africa and the Middle East, with countries colored by IPC food insecurity phase and extruded by the number of people affected — Map by Jesse Friend. Select the image to explore it at full size.

A closer look

For the Humanitarian Data Exchange day of the 30 Day Map Challenge, I mapped the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). The ongoing crisis in Sudan, where more than 21 million people faced acute food insecurity and famine was present in several regions, shaped my choice of topic.

These crises are often overlooked in Europe and the US. Each country is colored by the highest phase it reported, from crisis to emergency and famine, and rises in proportion to the number of people affected, from 200,000 to 32 million.

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Watch the countries rise, turn the globe, and point at a country for its IPC breakdown.

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Data: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), November 2024, via the Humanitarian Data Exchange.