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Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) vs Ward 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.

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
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geographic, gis, wards
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.
Ward boundary polygons in GeoJSON/SHP, no auth.

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

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

Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) is based in Ghana and Ward 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 Ward 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; Ward Boundaries (GRID3), Free.
  • Country: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Ghana; Ward Boundaries (GRID3), Nigeria.
  • 30-day uptime: Ghana Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), 0%; Ward Boundaries (GRID3), 100%.

Topics

Only Ward Boundaries (GRID3): geographic, gis, wards.

Common questions

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

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