About the FEWS NET Data Explorer

The FEWS NET Data Platform acts as the central storage location and access portal for data used by FEWS NET for food security and early warning analysis. The Platform is made up of two primary sub-components:

• The Data Explorer (focused on data access)

• The Data Warehouse (focused on data storage)

This getting started guide focuses on use of the FEWS NET Data Explorer (FDE).

The primary purpose of the FDE is to provide you with easy access to data in the Data Platform. To accomplish this, data is categorized by industry and can be searched and filtered. You can explore and validate potentially relevant data using a combination of visualization tools such as tables, graphs, and maps before exporting it for use.

Note that the FDE does not provide access to all of the data FEWS NET holds. Some data has restricted permissions and some data can only be accessed by using the FEWS NET Data Platform API.

The FEWS NET Data Platform is designed to work with data from the following humanitarian sector components: 

• Population and demographic

• Relief needs estimates and actual deliveries

• Market prices

• Agricultural production

• Nutrition

• Cross border trade

• Livelihoods

Watch the short video below for an example use case. (1:39)