Vegetation Index Dekadal

Name: Ghana Vegetation Index Dekadal
Creator: WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Satellite vegetation index (NDVI) for every Ghanaian region and district in ten-day periods since 2002, with the long-term average and the anomaly against it — how green the land is compared with a normal year, which is how crop stress is spotted before a harvest fails. MODIS via WFP VAM on HDX, CC BY 4.0. 196200 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 1 Jul 2002 to 1 Sep 2026listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵49.00195,975 recordsAgriculture

Fields

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

Field	Type
date	DATE NOT NULL
admin_level	INTEGER
area_name	TEXT
region	TEXT
pcode	TEXT
ndvi	DECIMAL(8,4)
ndvi_average	DECIMAL(8,4)
ndvi_anomaly_pct	DECIMAL(10,2)
pixels	INTEGER
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Vegetation Index Dekadal
dateDATE NOT NULL	admin levelINTEGER	area nameTEXT	regionTEXT	pcodeTEXT	ndviDECIMAL(8,4)	ndvi averageDECIMAL(8,4)	ndvi anomaly pctDECIMAL(10,2)	pixelsINTEGER	sourceTEXT
2002-07-01	2	Asunafo North Municipal	Ahafo	GH0101	0.8587	0.8436	101.69	45	WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
2002-07-01	2	Asunafo South	Ahafo	GH0102	0.8431	0.8386	100.51	28	WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
2002-07-01	2	Asutifi North	Ahafo	GH0103	0.8577	0.8483	101.05	32	WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
2002-07-01	2	Asutifi South	Ahafo	GH0104	0.8329	0.825	100.91	19	WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)
2002-07-01	2	Tano North Municipal	Ahafo	GH0105	0.8319	0.822	101.14	30	WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

dateDATE NOT NULL	admin levelINTEGER	area nameTEXT	regionTEXT	pcodeTEXT	ndviDECIMAL(8,4)	ndvi averageDECIMAL(8,4)	ndvi anomaly pctDECIMAL(10,2)	pixelsINTEGER	sourceTEXT
2000-01-01	10	example-area_name-1	example-region-1	example-pcode-1	10	10	10	10	example-source-1
2000-01-01	20	example-area_name-2	example-region-2	example-pcode-2	20	20	20	20	example-source-2
2000-01-01	30	example-area_name-3	example-region-3	example-pcode-3	30	30	30	30	example-source-3
2000-01-01	40	example-area_name-4	example-region-4	example-pcode-4	40	40	40	40	example-source-4
2000-01-01	50	example-area_name-5	example-region-5	example-pcode-5	50	50	50	50	example-source-5
2000-01-01	60	example-area_name-6	example-region-6	example-pcode-6	60	60	60	60	example-source-6
2000-01-01	70	example-area_name-7	example-region-7	example-pcode-7	70	70	70	70	example-source-7
2000-01-01	80	example-area_name-8	example-region-8	example-pcode-8	80	80	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

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

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 1 Jul 2002 to 1 Sep 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1 Jul 2002 to 1 Sep 2026; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Vegetation index dekadal (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/vegetation-index-dekadal

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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

Vegetation Index Dekadal

Field

Type

date

DATE NOT NULL

admin_level

INTEGER

area_name

TEXT

region

TEXT

pcode

TEXT

ndvi

DECIMAL(8,4)

ndvi_average

DECIMAL(8,4)

ndvi_anomaly_pct

DECIMAL(10,2)

pixels

INTEGER

source

TEXT

dateDATE NOT NULL

admin levelINTEGER

area nameTEXT

regionTEXT

pcodeTEXT

ndviDECIMAL(8,4)

ndvi averageDECIMAL(8,4)

ndvi anomaly pctDECIMAL(10,2)

pixelsINTEGER

sourceTEXT

2002-07-01

Asunafo North Municipal

Ahafo

GH0101

0.8587

0.8436

101.69

WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

2002-07-01

Asunafo South

Ahafo

GH0102

0.8431

0.8386

100.51

WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

2002-07-01

Asutifi North

Ahafo

GH0103

0.8577

0.8483

101.05

WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

2002-07-01

Asutifi South

Ahafo

GH0104

0.8329

0.825

100.91

WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

2002-07-01

Tano North Municipal

Ahafo

GH0105

0.8319

0.822

101.14

WFP VAM vegetation index (MODIS) via HDX (CC BY 4.0)

dateDATE NOT NULL

admin levelINTEGER

area nameTEXT

regionTEXT

pcodeTEXT

ndviDECIMAL(8,4)

ndvi averageDECIMAL(8,4)

ndvi anomaly pctDECIMAL(10,2)

pixelsINTEGER

sourceTEXT

2000-01-01

example-area_name-1

example-region-1

example-pcode-1

example-source-1

2000-01-01

example-area_name-2

example-region-2

example-pcode-2

example-source-2

2000-01-01

example-area_name-3

example-region-3

example-pcode-3

example-source-3

2000-01-01

example-area_name-4

example-region-4

example-pcode-4

example-source-4

2000-01-01

example-area_name-5

example-region-5

example-pcode-5

example-source-5

2000-01-01

example-area_name-6

example-region-6

example-pcode-6

example-source-6

2000-01-01

example-area_name-7

example-region-7

example-pcode-7

example-source-7

2000-01-01

example-area_name-8

example-region-8

example-pcode-8

example-source-8

How to cite

Code samples

cURL

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

JavaScript

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

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