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Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) vs OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik)

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Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik)
Category
Datasets
Datasets
Type
Geographic
Geographic
Country
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / open
Free / ODbL
Verified
Verified
Verified
Last verified
10 Oct 2026
10 Oct 2026
Tags
boundaries, kenya, shapefile, geospatial, admin
openstreetmap, osm, shapefile, geopackage, vector
Links
Website
Website Docs
Summary
Official Common Operational Dataset administrative boundaries for Kenya, from national down through counties, sub-counties and wards. Provided on HDX as Shapefile and other GIS formats, maintained by OCHA together with the government. Free download and openly licensed.
Daily-updated OpenStreetMap data extract for Nigeria in .osm.pbf (~677 MB), ESRI shapefile .shp.zip (~2.0 GB) and .gpkg.zip (~2.0 GB), plus dated historical snapshots. Distributed by Geofabrik under ODbL.

Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) vs OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) at a glance

Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) are both listed under Geographic in Wycord's Datasets index.

Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) is based in Kenya and OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) 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 86.11% uptime for Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) (36 checks) and 88.89% for OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) (36 checks).

Average response time on live probes was 279 ms for Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and 519 ms for OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik).

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: Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Free / open; OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik), Free / ODbL.
  • Country: Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), Kenya; OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik), Nigeria.
  • 30-day uptime: Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), 86.11%; OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik), 88.89%.
  • Average latency: Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD), 279 ms; OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik), 519 ms.

Topics

Both are tagged: shapefile.

Only Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD): boundaries, kenya, geospatial, admin.

Only OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik): openstreetmap, osm, geopackage, vector.

Common questions

Which has better uptime, Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) or OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik)?
OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) leads over the last 30 days: Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) 86.11%, OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) 88.89%.
Do Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) or OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) need approval before use?
Both are marked "No approval needed".
Is the documentation for Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) working?
Both show "Docs live" at the last check.
Where are Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) and OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) based?
Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) is based in Kenya; OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik) is based in Nigeria.

More comparisons

Full details: Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD)Full details: OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik)