Common Fund Releases

Name: Ghana Common Fund Releases
Creator: Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator

How much of the District Assemblies Common Fund was released to each of Ghana's 261 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, one row per assembly and quarter, from Q1 2012 to Q1 2026, in Ghana cedis, as published on the DACF Administrator's portal. There is a level break in 2025: releases jump from about GH¢0.4–0.6bn a year to GH¢4.4bn because from 2025 the government pays at least 80% of the Fund directly to assemblies (the Finance Minister said only 40–50% reached them in 2017–2024), so compare years before and after 2025 with care. Q4 2024 is 0 for every assembly as published (the portal's 2024 total covers Q1–Q3 only), later quarters not yet released are left out, and historical releases carry today's assembly names, so a row before the 2018–2019 splits belongs to the larger parent assembly; district is matched to the catalogue's district boundaries and is NULL for Guan, which has none. Sourced from the Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator, published by the DACF Administrator (no licence stated). 13717 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · covers 2012 to 2026listing updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵49.0013,717 recordsGovernance

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
year	INTEGER NOT NULL
quarter	INTEGER NOT NULL
assembly_name	VARCHAR(120) NOT NULL
assembly_type	VARCHAR(20)
district	VARCHAR(120)
region	VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL
amount_ghs	DECIMAL(16,2)
dacf_mmda_id	INTEGER NOT NULL
source	TEXT

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First 5 rows of Common Fund Releases
yearINTEGER NOT NULL	quarterINTEGER NOT NULL	assembly nameVARCHAR(120) NOT NULL	assembly typeVARCHAR(20)	districtVARCHAR(120)	regionVARCHAR(80) NOT NULL	amount ghsDECIMAL(16,2)	dacf mmda idINTEGER NOT NULL	sourceTEXT
2012	1	Asunafo North	Municipal	Asunafo North Municipal	Ahafo Region	175819.94	3	Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)
2012	1	Asunafo South	District	Asunafo South	Ahafo Region	233725.59	4	Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)
2012	1	Asutifi North	District	Asutifi North	Ahafo Region	183348.35	1	Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)
2012	1	Asutifi South	District	Asutifi South	Ahafo Region	179103.57	2	Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)
2012	1	Tano North	Municipal	Tano North Municipal	Ahafo Region	237950.03	5	Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)

yearINTEGER NOT NULL	quarterINTEGER NOT NULL	assembly nameVARCHAR(120) NOT NULL	assembly typeVARCHAR(20)	districtVARCHAR(120)	regionVARCHAR(80) NOT NULL	amount ghsDECIMAL(16,2)	dacf mmda idINTEGER NOT NULL	sourceTEXT
10	10	example-assembly_name-1	example-assembly_type-1	example-district-1	example-region-1	10	10	example-source-1
20	20	example-assembly_name-2	example-assembly_type-2	example-district-2	example-region-2	20	20	example-source-2
30	30	example-assembly_name-3	example-assembly_type-3	example-district-3	example-region-3	30	30	example-source-3
40	40	example-assembly_name-4	example-assembly_type-4	example-district-4	example-region-4	40	40	example-source-4
50	50	example-assembly_name-5	example-assembly_type-5	example-district-5	example-region-5	50	50	example-source-5
60	60	example-assembly_name-6	example-assembly_type-6	example-district-6	example-region-6	60	60	example-source-6
70	70	example-assembly_name-7	example-assembly_type-7	example-district-7	example-region-7	70	70	example-source-7
80	80	example-assembly_name-8	example-assembly_type-8	example-district-8	example-region-8	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/common_fund_releases

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 26, 2026from the source
Covers: 2012 to 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 2012 to 2026; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 26, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Common fund releases (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/common-fund-releases

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/common_fund_releases?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/common_fund_releases?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/common_fund_releases",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Common Fund Releases

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
year	INTEGER NOT NULL
quarter	INTEGER NOT NULL
assembly_name	VARCHAR(120) NOT NULL
assembly_type	VARCHAR(20)
district	VARCHAR(120)
region	VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL
amount_ghs	DECIMAL(16,2)
dacf_mmda_id	INTEGER NOT NULL
source	TEXT

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

quarterINTEGER NOT NULL

assembly nameVARCHAR(120) NOT NULL

assembly typeVARCHAR(20)

districtVARCHAR(120)

regionVARCHAR(80) NOT NULL

amount ghsDECIMAL(16,2)

dacf mmda idINTEGER NOT NULL

sourceTEXT

2012

Asunafo North

Municipal

Asunafo North Municipal

Ahafo Region

175819.94

Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)

2012

Asunafo South

District

Asunafo South

Ahafo Region

233725.59

Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)

2012

Asutifi North

District

Asutifi North

Ahafo Region

183348.35

Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)

2012

Asutifi South

District

Asutifi South

Ahafo Region

179103.57

Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)

2012

Tano North

Municipal

Tano North Municipal

Ahafo Region

237950.03

Office of the District Assemblies Common Fund Administrator (commonfund.gov.gh)

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

quarterINTEGER NOT NULL

assembly nameVARCHAR(120) NOT NULL

assembly typeVARCHAR(20)

districtVARCHAR(120)

regionVARCHAR(80) NOT NULL

amount ghsDECIMAL(16,2)

dacf mmda idINTEGER NOT NULL

sourceTEXT

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How to cite

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/common_fund_releases?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/common_fund_releases?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/common_fund_releases",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]