globalfood {kmed}

Global food security index

Description

A dataset containing four variables of 113 countries for their food security index based on panelists evaluation in 2017.

Usage

globalfood

Format

A data frame with 113 rows and 4 variables:

affordability

Index of food affordability.

availability

Index of food availability.

safety

Index of food quality and safety.

resilience

Index of natural resources and resilience.

Source

The original indicator variables consist of 27 variables. Then, they are summarized into four pillars of food security; they are affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience. Food-security expertise panelists evaluate the score of each country from 0 to 100, where 0 is the least favorable towards food security.

https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index/