District Profiles

Name: Ghana District Profiles
Creator: Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

One row for each of Ghana's 260 districts, bringing together what the rest of the catalogue holds about it: land area, population by sex, population density, counts of schools, health facilities, pharmacies, banks, markets, hotels, fuel stations, telecom masts and more, service provision per 10,000 people, and mean annual rainfall and vegetation index. Counts are exact — every mapped record is assigned to a district by point-in-polygon against these same boundaries. Population and the satellite series are matched by name and are NULL where no match could be made: the official population file is still on Ghana's pre-2018 set of 216 districts, so 184 of the 260 districts here carry a population figure and the rest do not. Those figures also sum about 5% below the regional totals, for the same reason. Compiled from the sources named in the source column. 260 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · covers 2021listing updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵69.00260 recordsGeography

The newest figures in this dataset are from 2021; the source has published nothing newer. Check the dates before relying on a figure.

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
region	TEXT NOT NULL
area_sqkm	DECIMAL(12,2)
population	BIGINT
population_female	BIGINT
population_male	BIGINT
population_year	INTEGER
population_per_sqkm	DECIMAL(12,2)
schools	INTEGER
kindergartens	INTEGER
universities_colleges	INTEGER
health_facilities	INTEGER
pharmacies	INTEGER
dentists	INTEGER
banks_and_atms	INTEGER
mobile_money_agents	INTEGER
markets	INTEGER
supermarkets_and_shops	INTEGER
restaurants_and_bars	INTEGER
hotels_and_lodging	INTEGER
fuel_stations	INTEGER
police_stations	INTEGER
fire_stations	INTEGER
post_offices	INTEGER
places_of_worship	INTEGER
water_points	INTEGER
settlements	INTEGER
telecom_masts	INTEGER
industrial_sites	INTEGER
mining_sites	INTEGER
schools_per_10k	DECIMAL(12,2)
health_facilities_per_10k	DECIMAL(12,2)
banks_per_10k	DECIMAL(12,2)
mean_annual_rainfall_mm	DECIMAL(12,2)
rainfall_years	INTEGER
mean_vegetation_index	DECIMAL(8,4)
centroid_latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
centroid_longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
source	TEXT

Preview

five records, free

First 5 rows of District Profiles
nameTEXT NOT NULL	regionTEXT NOT NULL	area sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)	populationBIGINT	population femaleBIGINT	population maleBIGINT	population yearINTEGER	population per sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)	schoolsINTEGER	kindergartensINTEGER	universities collegesINTEGER	health facilitiesINTEGER	pharmaciesINTEGER	banks and atmsINTEGER	mobile money agentsINTEGER	marketsINTEGER	supermarkets and shopsINTEGER	restaurants and barsINTEGER	hotels and lodgingINTEGER	fuel stationsINTEGER	police stationsINTEGER	fire stationsINTEGER	post officesINTEGER	places of worshipINTEGER	water pointsINTEGER	settlementsINTEGER	telecom mastsINTEGER	industrial sitesINTEGER	mining sitesINTEGER	schools per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)	health facilities per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)	banks per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)	mean annual rainfall mmDECIMAL(12,2)	rainfall yearsINTEGER	mean vegetation indexDECIMAL(8,4)	centroid latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	centroid longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	sourceTEXT
Asunafo North Municipal	Ahafo Region	1420.7	134014	65706	68308	2021	94.3	25	0	0	10	12	11	6	2	13	20	11	6	1	1	2	36	30	77	16	1	2	1.87	0.75	0.82	1272.4	45	0.7888	6.826864	-2.710752	Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
Asunafo South	Ahafo Region	929.48	102730	49629	53101	2021	110.5	17	0	1	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	5	0	69	7	5	0	1.65	0.58	0.19	1368	45	0.7851	6.602889	-2.473184	Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
Asutifi North	Ahafo Region	942.24	55639	26810	28829	2021	59	18	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	40	3	1	6	3.24	0.54	0.36	1243.6	45	0.7854	7.065999	-2.559663	Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
Asutifi South	Ahafo Region	601.1	57046	26620	30426	2021	94.9	24	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	9	2	0	2	23	0	23	3	0	4	4.21	0.7	0	1277.2	45	0.7657	6.802067	-2.395484	Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
Tano North Municipal	Ahafo Region	842.95	86933	43443	43490	2021	103.1	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	9	0	38	0	2	2	2.76	0.12	0	1239.4	45	0.7519	7.19153	-2.195382	Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	regionTEXT NOT NULL	area sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)	populationBIGINT	population femaleBIGINT	population maleBIGINT	population yearINTEGER	population per sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)	schoolsINTEGER	kindergartensINTEGER	universities collegesINTEGER	health facilitiesINTEGER	pharmaciesINTEGER	dentistsINTEGER	banks and atmsINTEGER	mobile money agentsINTEGER	marketsINTEGER	supermarkets and shopsINTEGER	restaurants and barsINTEGER	hotels and lodgingINTEGER	fuel stationsINTEGER	police stationsINTEGER	fire stationsINTEGER	post officesINTEGER	places of worshipINTEGER	water pointsINTEGER	settlementsINTEGER	telecom mastsINTEGER	industrial sitesINTEGER	mining sitesINTEGER	schools per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)	health facilities per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)	banks per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)	mean annual rainfall mmDECIMAL(12,2)	rainfall yearsINTEGER	mean vegetation indexDECIMAL(8,4)	centroid latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	centroid longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-region-1	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-region-2	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-region-3	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-region-4	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-region-5	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-region-6	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-region-7	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-region-8	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	example-source-8

255 more rows — see the plans

See the plans

Endpoint

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

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 26, 2026from the source
Covers: 2021no newer figures published
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 2021; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 26, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). District profiles (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/district-profiles

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

District Profiles

Fields

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

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
region	TEXT NOT NULL
area_sqkm	DECIMAL(12,2)
population	BIGINT
population_female	BIGINT
population_male	BIGINT
population_year	INTEGER
population_per_sqkm	DECIMAL(12,2)
schools	INTEGER
kindergartens	INTEGER
universities_colleges	INTEGER
health_facilities	INTEGER
pharmacies	INTEGER
dentists	INTEGER
banks_and_atms	INTEGER
mobile_money_agents	INTEGER
markets	INTEGER
supermarkets_and_shops	INTEGER
restaurants_and_bars	INTEGER
hotels_and_lodging	INTEGER
fuel_stations	INTEGER
police_stations	INTEGER
fire_stations	INTEGER
post_offices	INTEGER
places_of_worship	INTEGER
water_points	INTEGER
settlements	INTEGER
telecom_masts	INTEGER
industrial_sites	INTEGER
mining_sites	INTEGER
schools_per_10k	DECIMAL(12,2)
health_facilities_per_10k	DECIMAL(12,2)
banks_per_10k	DECIMAL(12,2)
mean_annual_rainfall_mm	DECIMAL(12,2)
rainfall_years	INTEGER
mean_vegetation_index	DECIMAL(8,4)
centroid_latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
centroid_longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
source	TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

regionTEXT NOT NULL

area sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)

populationBIGINT

population femaleBIGINT

population maleBIGINT

population yearINTEGER

population per sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)

schoolsINTEGER

kindergartensINTEGER

universities collegesINTEGER

health facilitiesINTEGER

pharmaciesINTEGER

dentistsINTEGER

banks and atmsINTEGER

mobile money agentsINTEGER

marketsINTEGER

supermarkets and shopsINTEGER

restaurants and barsINTEGER

hotels and lodgingINTEGER

fuel stationsINTEGER

police stationsINTEGER

fire stationsINTEGER

post officesINTEGER

places of worshipINTEGER

water pointsINTEGER

settlementsINTEGER

telecom mastsINTEGER

industrial sitesINTEGER

mining sitesINTEGER

schools per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)

health facilities per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)

banks per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)

mean annual rainfall mmDECIMAL(12,2)

rainfall yearsINTEGER

mean vegetation indexDECIMAL(8,4)

centroid latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

centroid longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

sourceTEXT

Asunafo North Municipal

Ahafo Region

1420.7

134014

65706

68308

2021

94.3

1.87

0.75

0.82

1272.4

0.7888

6.826864

-2.710752

Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

Asunafo South

Ahafo Region

929.48

102730

49629

53101

2021

110.5

1.65

0.58

0.19

1368

0.7851

6.602889

-2.473184

Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

Asutifi North

Ahafo Region

942.24

55639

26810

28829

2021

3.24

0.54

0.36

1243.6

0.7854

7.065999

-2.559663

Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

Asutifi South

Ahafo Region

601.1

57046

26620

30426

2021

94.9

4.21

0.7

1277.2

0.7657

6.802067

-2.395484

Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

Tano North Municipal

Ahafo Region

842.95

86933

43443

43490

2021

103.1

2.76

0.12

1239.4

0.7519

7.19153

-2.195382

Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

regionTEXT NOT NULL

area sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)

populationBIGINT

population femaleBIGINT

population maleBIGINT

population yearINTEGER

population per sqkmDECIMAL(12,2)

schoolsINTEGER

kindergartensINTEGER

universities collegesINTEGER

health facilitiesINTEGER

pharmaciesINTEGER

dentistsINTEGER

banks and atmsINTEGER

mobile money agentsINTEGER

marketsINTEGER

supermarkets and shopsINTEGER

restaurants and barsINTEGER

hotels and lodgingINTEGER

fuel stationsINTEGER

police stationsINTEGER

fire stationsINTEGER

post officesINTEGER

places of worshipINTEGER

water pointsINTEGER

settlementsINTEGER

telecom mastsINTEGER

industrial sitesINTEGER

mining sitesINTEGER

schools per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)

health facilities per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)

banks per 10kDECIMAL(12,2)

mean annual rainfall mmDECIMAL(12,2)

rainfall yearsINTEGER

mean vegetation indexDECIMAL(8,4)

centroid latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

centroid longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-region-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-region-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-region-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-region-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-region-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-region-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-region-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-region-8

example-source-8

Endpoint

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

Auth

X-API-Key header

Pagination

page · limit

Format

JSON

Version

1.0

Last updated

Sep 26, 2026from the source

Covers

2021no newer figures published

Refreshed

monthly

Last checked

Oct 1, 2026looked right

Source

Compiled by API Ghana from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0), UNFPA and Ghana Statistical Service via HDX (CC BY 4.0), and WFP VAM satellite series via HDX

How to cite

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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