Interactive Navigation of Global Data Barometer 2024 Dataset
| Country | Pillar | Cluster | Action Area | Question/Indicator | Level | Response | Score | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Which land uses are covered by the data(s) available?
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L4 | Agricultural Use: Partially covered, mainly through the cocoa sector initiative and some CERSGIS pro ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Existence summary:
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L3 | - | Western Africa | |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Existence Question 4 Please summarize your answers to the preceding existence subquestions including the extent of existence
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L4 | Land use data in Ghana exists primarily in specific sectors, notably mining and forestry. The Ghana ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please provide the URL(s) for the evidence that supports the summary provided.
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L4 | Ghana Mining Repository: https://miningrepository.mincom.gov.gh/mapGhana Timber Transparency Portal: ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements
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L2 | 31.6 | Western Africa | |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Kinds of data:
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L3 | 3.2 | Western Africa | |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 1 Data is available on uses of public land
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L4 | No | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 2 Data is available on uses of nonpublic land
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L4 | Partially | 3.2 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please explain your response.
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L4 | Digital data on designated land use classes in Ghana is limited. While the LUSPA provides Zoning Gui ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please provide supporting URL(s) as necessary
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L4 | No specific URL available due to the fragmented nature of the data. | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 3 Data is available on enforcement of land use zoning
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L4 | No | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Data fields and specifics:
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L3 | 14.0 | Western Africa | |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 4 Each record is categorized according to a standardized land use dictionary
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L4 | Yes | 7.0 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please explain your response.
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L4 | The Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority (LUSPA) has published comprehensive Zoning Guidelines an ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please provide supporting URL(s) as necessary
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L4 | https://www.luspa.gov.gh/media/document/ZONING_GUIDELINES_final_DESIGN.pdf | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 5 Each record includes a geospatial reference
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L4 | Partially | 3.5 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please explain your response.
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L4 | The geospatial references in Ghana's land use data are limited and inconsistent. Mining concessions ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please provide supporting URL(s) as necessary
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L4 | https://miningrepository.mincom.gov.gh/map | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 6 Metadata provides information about the sources from which the data was built
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L4 | Partially | 3.5 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
What kinds of sources are mentioned?
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L4 | https://cersgis.org/home/ | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please explain your response.
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L4 | Land use data in Ghana is partially accompanied by metadata. The Ghana Mining Repository and dataset ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Data publication:
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L3 | 19.4 | Western Africa | |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 7 The data is available free of charge
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L4 | Partially | 5.3 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 8 The data is openly licensed
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L4 | No | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
If there are explicit restrictions placed on reuse of the data, briefly describe those.
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L4 | There is no clear evidence of open licensing for land use data in Ghana. Most government websites as ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 9 The data is available in all the country’s official or national languages If the country has no official or national languages data is available in the major languages of the cou ...
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L4 | Yes | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please briefly describe the language coverage available.
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L4 | All or almost all land use data available in Ghana is published in English, which is the country's o ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 10 There are accessible and open official tools available to help users explore data
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L4 | Partially | 1.8 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
What are the main barriers to accessibility and usability?
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L4 | Based on the available information, there's no evidence that these tools rely on AI or machine-learn ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Do these tools rely on AI or machine-learning tools? For example, as interfaces. Please briefly explain.
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L4 | Limited scope: Tools are sector-specific (mainly mining and forestry), lacking comprehensive coverag ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please provide URL(s).
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L4 | Some tools are available to help users explore land use data in Ghana, allowing for partial interact ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 11 The data is timely and updated
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L4 | Partially | 5.3 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please explain your “Partially” response.
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L4 | The "Slightly" response reflects the infrequent and inconsistent updating of land use data across di ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
If only some of the relevant data is updated, please explain which.
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L4 | Mining concession data is updated more frequently, often reflecting current license statuses. Forest ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
When was the most recent update to this data?
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L4 | Land use data in Ghana is updated infrequently and inconsistently across different resources. The LU ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 12 Historical data is available that allows users to track change over time
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L4 | Partially | 1.8 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please explain your “Partially” response.
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L4 | Land use data in Ghana is slightly available online. The LUSPA Zoning Guidelines and Planning Standa ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
For what time period(s) (i.e., start and end dates) is data available?
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L4 | https://www.luspa.gov.gh/media/document/ZONING_GUIDELINES_final_DESIGN.pdf | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 14 The data is provided in machinereadable formats
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L4 | Partially | 5.3 | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please explain your “Partially” response.
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L4 | Land use data in Ghana has limited machine readability. Some datasets, particularly in the mining se ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
What prevents you from assessing this data as fully machine-readable?
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L4 | The data cannot be assessed as fully machine-readable due to several factors:Inconsistent formats: W ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please provide a comma separated list of the formats available; e.g., “csv, json.”
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L4 | KML, XLS, ESRI shapefile, PDF | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please provide the URL(s) where machine-readable data is located.
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L4 | https://miningrepository.mincom.gov.gh/map (provides some machine-readable formats) | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 15 The machinereadable dataset is available as a whole
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L4 | No | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Negative scoring:
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L3 | - | Western Africa | |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 16 This information is missing required data
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L4 | Partially | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Please briefly explain.
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L4 | There is evidence that some mandated data is missing in Ghana's land use information. While the LUSP ... | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Nonscoring:
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L3 | - | Western Africa | |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements Question 17 There is evidence of use of this data
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L4 | Yes | - | Western Africa |
| Ghana | Availability | Land Management | Land Use |
Availability (L): Existing land use
Elements summary:
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L3 | - | Western Africa |