Surface Water Area

Name: Ghana Surface Water Area
Creator: Action Against Hunger, via HDX

Surface water area in square kilometres for each Ghanaian district, month by month, measured from satellite — the seasonal rise and fall of rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Nationally this tracks Lake Volta, which moves by thousands of square kilometres between the wet and dry seasons. Sourced from Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO). 18460 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 2020 to 2026listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵49.0018,460 recordsWater

Fields

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

Field	Type
region	TEXT
adm1_pcode	TEXT
district	TEXT
adm2_pcode	TEXT
area_km2	DECIMAL(24,6)
month	INTEGER
year	INTEGER
water_area_km2	DECIMAL(24,6)
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Surface Water Area
regionTEXT	adm1 pcodeTEXT	districtTEXT	adm2 pcodeTEXT	area km2DECIMAL(24,6)	monthINTEGER	yearINTEGER	water area km2DECIMAL(24,6)	sourceTEXT
Ahafo	GH01	Asunafo North Municipal	GH0101	1411.502811	10	2020	0.008524	Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Ahafo	GH01	Asunafo North Municipal	GH0101	1411.502811	11	2020	0.019196	Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Ahafo	GH01	Asunafo North Municipal	GH0101	1411.502811	12	2020	0.034095	Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Ahafo	GH01	Asunafo North Municipal	GH0101	1411.502811	1	2021	0.017048	Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Ahafo	GH01	Asunafo North Municipal	GH0101	1411.502811	2	2021	0.008524	Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

regionTEXT	adm1 pcodeTEXT	districtTEXT	adm2 pcodeTEXT	area km2DECIMAL(24,6)	monthINTEGER	yearINTEGER	water area km2DECIMAL(24,6)	sourceTEXT
example-region-1	example-adm1_pcode-1	example-district-1	example-adm2_pcode-1	10	10	10	10	example-source-1
example-region-2	example-adm1_pcode-2	example-district-2	example-adm2_pcode-2	20	20	20	20	example-source-2
example-region-3	example-adm1_pcode-3	example-district-3	example-adm2_pcode-3	30	30	30	30	example-source-3
example-region-4	example-adm1_pcode-4	example-district-4	example-adm2_pcode-4	40	40	40	40	example-source-4
example-region-5	example-adm1_pcode-5	example-district-5	example-adm2_pcode-5	50	50	50	50	example-source-5
example-region-6	example-adm1_pcode-6	example-district-6	example-adm2_pcode-6	60	60	60	60	example-source-6
example-region-7	example-adm1_pcode-7	example-district-7	example-adm2_pcode-7	70	70	70	70	example-source-7
example-region-8	example-adm1_pcode-8	example-district-8	example-adm2_pcode-8	80	80	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

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

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 2020 to 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: Action Against Hunger, via HDX

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Action Against Hunger, via HDX). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 2020 to 2026; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Surface water area (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Action Against Hunger, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/surface-water-area

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Surface Water Area

Field

Type

region

TEXT

adm1_pcode

TEXT

district

TEXT

adm2_pcode

TEXT

area_km2

DECIMAL(24,6)

month

INTEGER

year

INTEGER

water_area_km2

DECIMAL(24,6)

source

TEXT

regionTEXT

adm1 pcodeTEXT

districtTEXT

adm2 pcodeTEXT

area km2DECIMAL(24,6)

monthINTEGER

yearINTEGER

water area km2DECIMAL(24,6)

sourceTEXT

Ahafo

GH01

Asunafo North Municipal

GH0101

1411.502811

2020

0.008524

Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Ahafo

GH01

Asunafo North Municipal

GH0101

1411.502811

2020

0.019196

Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Ahafo

GH01

Asunafo North Municipal

GH0101

1411.502811

2020

0.034095

Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Ahafo

GH01

Asunafo North Municipal

GH0101

1411.502811

2021

0.017048

Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Ahafo

GH01

Asunafo North Municipal

GH0101

1411.502811

2021

0.008524

Action Against Hunger, via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

regionTEXT

adm1 pcodeTEXT

districtTEXT

adm2 pcodeTEXT

area km2DECIMAL(24,6)

monthINTEGER

yearINTEGER

water area km2DECIMAL(24,6)

sourceTEXT

example-region-1

example-adm1_pcode-1

example-district-1

example-adm2_pcode-1

example-source-1

example-region-2

example-adm1_pcode-2

example-district-2

example-adm2_pcode-2

example-source-2

example-region-3

example-adm1_pcode-3

example-district-3

example-adm2_pcode-3

example-source-3

example-region-4

example-adm1_pcode-4

example-district-4

example-adm2_pcode-4

example-source-4

example-region-5

example-adm1_pcode-5

example-district-5

example-adm2_pcode-5

example-source-5

example-region-6

example-adm1_pcode-6

example-district-6

example-adm2_pcode-6

example-source-6

example-region-7

example-adm1_pcode-7

example-district-7

example-adm2_pcode-7

example-source-7

example-region-8

example-adm1_pcode-8

example-district-8

example-adm2_pcode-8

example-source-8

How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Surface water area (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Action Against Hunger, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/surface-water-area

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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