Upper West

Information Value
Parent Ghana
Type Region
Name Upper West
Key GH13
Area 19,022.58 km2
Properties
Key Value
pcode GH13
Children (11)
Geometry license CC-BY-3.0-IGO
Geometry attribution

GSS/ROWCA, CC-BY-3.0-IGO

Data Layers

Category Data Layer 2026-04-20 First Last Actions
Environmental Built-up area copernicus_built

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Data derived from:
2019
0.73 %
2015 2019
Environmental Cropland area copernicus_crop

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Data derived from:
2019
11.6 %
2015 2019
Environmental Forest area copernicus_forest

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Data derived from:
2019
6.99 %
2015 2019
Environmental Herbaceous wetland area copernicus_herbveg

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Data derived from:
2019
7.48 %
2015 2019
Environmental Permanent herbaceous wetland area copernicus_herbwet

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Data derived from:
2019
0.12 %
2015 2019
Environmental Moss and litchen area copernicus_moss

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Data derived from:
2019
0.0 %
2015 2019
Environmental Shrubland area copernicus_shrub

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Data derived from:
2019
73.07 %
2015 2019
Environmental Bare and sparse area copernicus_sparse

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Data derived from:
2019
0.0 %
2015 2019
Environmental Permanent water bodies area copernicus_water

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Data derived from:
2019
0.0 %
2015 2019
Socioeconomic Obesity female population (% of total population) dhs_bmi_female

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Data derived from:
2022
6.0 %
1993 2022
Socioeconomic Obesity male population (% of total population) dhs_bmi_male

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Data derived from:
2022
2.8 %
2014 2022
Socioeconomic Wealth index (Gini) dhs_gini

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Data derived from:
2022
0.3 %
2014 2022
Socioeconomic Household members average dhs_household

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Data derived from:
2022
4.2
1993 2022
Socioeconomic Female population with access to news media at least once a week (% of total population) dhs_media_female

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Data derived from:
2022
1.0 %
2003 2022
Socioeconomic Male population with access to news media at least once a week (% of total population) dhs_media_male

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Data derived from:
2022
0.9 %
2003 2022
Health Portion of households with at least one insecticide-treated bednet dhs_mosnet

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Data derived from:
2022
69.5 %
2003 2022
Socioeconomic Portion of women with at least secondary education dhs_propsecedu_f

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Data derived from:
2022
47.2 %
1993 2022
Socioeconomic Portion of men with at least secondary education dhs_propsecedu_m

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Data derived from:
2022
56.5 %
1993 2022
Socioeconomic Portion of population with an improved sanitation facility dhs_sanimprov

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Data derived from:
2022
25.0 %
1993 2022
Socioeconomic Portion of population using an improved water source dhs_waterimprov

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Data derived from:
2022
97.8 %
1993 2022
Weather Precipitation (satellite) era5_prcp

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Data derived from:
2025-11-05
0.0 mm
2020-01-01 2025-11-05
Weather Temperature average (satellite) era5_tavg

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Data derived from:
2025-11-05
29.55 °C
2020-01-01 2025-11-05
Weather Temperature maximum (satellite) era5_tmax

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Data derived from:
2025-11-05
36.4 °C
2020-01-01 2025-11-05
Weather Temperature minimum (satellite) era5_tmin

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Data derived from:
2025-11-06
25.49 °C
2020-01-01 2025-11-06
Animals Livestock density Buffalo fao_livestock_buffalo

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Data derived from:
Ghana (Country)
2020
0.0
2020 2020
Animals Livestock density Cattle fao_livestock_cattle

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Data derived from:
2020
16.61
2020 2020
Animals Livestock density Chicken fao_livestock_chicken

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Data derived from:
2020
193.81
2020 2020
Animals Livestock density Goats fao_livestock_goat

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Data derived from:
2020
42.78
2020 2020
Animals Livestock density Pigs fao_livestock_pig

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Data derived from:
2020
9.87
2020 2020
Animals Livestock density Sheep fao_livestock_sheep

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Data derived from:
2020
25.09
2020 2020
Health Health facilities healthsitesio_facilities

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Data derived from:
2024
19
2024 2024
Climatic Tropical, rainforest climate coverage koeppen_af

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Tropical, monsoon climate coverage koeppen_am

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Tropical, savannah climate coverage koeppen_aw

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Data derived from:
2020
100.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Arid, steppe climate coverage koeppen_bs

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Arid, desert climate coverage koeppen_bw

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Temperate, no dry season climate coverage koeppen_cf

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Temperate, dry summer climate coverage koeppen_cs

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2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Temperate, dry winter climate coverage koeppen_cw

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Cold, no dry season climate coverage koeppen_df

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2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Cold, dry summer climate coverage koeppen_ds

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Cold, dry winter climate coverage koeppen_dw

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Polar, frost climate coverage koeppen_ef

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2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Climatic Polar, tundra climate coverage koeppen_et

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Data derived from:
2020
0.0 %
1901 2020
Health Dengue cases litdata_denv_lim2025

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Data derived from:
Ghana (Country)
2010
1
2001 2010
Health Aedes-borne virus transmission suitability litmod_dcz_lim2025

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Data derived from:
2024
0.55
2015 2024
Health Dengue transmission suitability litmod_denv_lim2025

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Data derived from:
2024
0.24
2015 2024
Health Travel time to nearest health facility (motorized) malariaatlas_traveltimehc

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Data derived from:
2019
34.102 minutes
2019 2019
Weather Precipitation (station) meteo_prcp

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Data derived from:
2025-07-11
1.6 mm
2010-04-14 2025-07-11
Weather Temperature average (station) meteo_tavg

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Data derived from:
2025-07-11
25.1 °C
2010-01-01 2025-07-11
Weather Temperature maximum (station) meteo_tmax

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Data derived from:
2025-07-11
29.4 °C
2010-01-01 2025-07-11
Weather Temperature minimum (station) meteo_tmin

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Data derived from:
2025-07-11
22.1 °C
2010-01-02 2025-07-11
Infrastructure Airports osm_airports

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Data derived from:
2025
0
2025 2025
Infrastructure Ports osm_ports

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Data derived from:
2025
1
2025 2025
Infrastructure Rail osm_rail

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2025
False
2025 2025
Environmental Rivers osm_river

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2025
True
2025 2025
Infrastructure Trunk Roads osm_roads_trunk

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Data derived from:
2025
True
2025 2025
Health Community health worker per 10,000 population who_commhealthwork

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Data derived from:
Ghana (Country)
2018
15,820
2008 2018
Health Hospital beds per 10,000 pop who_hospbeddens

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Data derived from:
Ghana (Country)
2015
6.9
2010 2015
Health Nurses and midwifes per 10,000 population who_nursmidwdens

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Data derived from:
Ghana (Country)
2022
37.88
2004 2022
Health Physicians per 10,000 population who_physdens

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Data derived from:
Ghana (Country)
2022
1.41
2004 2022
Environmental Elevation worldpop_elevation

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Data derived from:
2007
274.91
2007 2007
Demographic Population count worldpop_popc

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Data derived from:
2020
801,869.0 entities
2010 2020
Demographic Population density worldpop_popd

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Data derived from:
2020
43.0 entities/km²
2010 2020