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INFORM Global Crisis Severity Index

The INFORM Global Crisis Severity Index (GCSI) is a regularly updated, and easily interpreted model for measuring the severity of humanitarian crisis globally.

It is a composite index, which brings together 31 core indicators, organised in three dimensions: impact, conditions of affected people, and complexity. All the indicators are scored on a scale of 1 to 5. These scores are then aggregated into components, the three dimensions (Impact, Conditions, Complexity), and the overall severity category based on the analytical framework. The three dimensions have been weighted according to their contribution to severity: impact of the crisis (20%); conditions of affected people (50%); complexity (30%). The weightings are currently a best estimate and will be refined using expert analysis and statistical methods. Each crisis will fall into 1 of 5 categories based on their score ranging from very low to high.

ACAPS – an INFORM technical partner – is responsible for collection, cleaning, analysis and input of data into the model and the production of the final results.

Read more on the GCSI methodology here: https://www.acaps.org/methodology/severity

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Last Updated July 23, 2019, 05:13 (EDT)
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