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Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) vs LGA Boundaries (GRID3)

A verified, side-by-side comparison. Both records are status-checked by Wycord, so you are comparing what each actually offers today, not a stale listing.

Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)LGA Boundaries (GRID3)
Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Geographic
Geographic
Country
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / CC-BY-IGO
Free
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
10 Oct 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
—
geographic, boundaries, gis
Links
Website Docs
Website
Summary
Official UN OCHA Common Operational Dataset of Ghana's admin boundaries — national, 16 regions (ADM1), 260 districts (ADM2) — as Shapefile/Geodatabase/GeoJSON, CC-BY-IGO licensed. Mirrors the existing Kenya OCHA-COD entry already in the registry.
Authoritative, OSGOF-backed LGA boundary polygons for all 36 states plus FCT (Dec 2020) in GeoJSON/SHP, no auth required.

Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) vs LGA Boundaries (GRID3) at a glance

Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and LGA Boundaries (GRID3) are both listed under Geographic in Wycord's Datasets index.

Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) is based in Ghana and LGA Boundaries (GRID3) in Nigeria.

Both currently show the status "Docs live".

On access, both are marked "No approval needed".

Over the last 30 days Wycord's probes measured 0% uptime for Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) (36 checks) and 100% for LGA Boundaries (GRID3) (36 checks).

Uptime and latency come from Wycord's own probes of each resource's website, documentation and repository, run every six hours.

How they differ

  • Pricing: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Free / CC-BY-IGO; LGA Boundaries (GRID3), Free.
  • Country: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Ghana; LGA Boundaries (GRID3), Nigeria.
  • 30-day uptime: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), 0%; LGA Boundaries (GRID3), 100%.

Topics

Only LGA Boundaries (GRID3): geographic, boundaries, gis.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) or LGA Boundaries (GRID3)?
LGA Boundaries (GRID3) leads over the last 30 days: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) 0%, LGA Boundaries (GRID3) 100%.
Do Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) or LGA Boundaries (GRID3) need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and LGA Boundaries (GRID3) working?
Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and LGA Boundaries (GRID3) based?
Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) is based in Ghana; LGA Boundaries (GRID3) is based in Nigeria.

More comparisons

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