Datasets
Kenya Subnational Administrative Boundaries (OCHA COD) vs OpenStreetMap Nigeria Extract (Geofabrik)
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
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Docs status
Docs live
Docs live
Licensing
Pricing
Free / open
Free / ODbL
Verified
Unverified
Verified
Last verified
10 Jul 2026
10 Jul 2026
Tags
boundaries, kenya, shapefile, geospatial, admin
openstreetmap, osm, shapefile, geopackage, vector
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.