About Open Admin Data
What is this?
Open Admin Data is a comprehensive, bilingual dataset of administrative divisions for countries worldwide. We provide structured, machine-readable data with geographic coordinates, postal codes, and proper local-script names. Starting with ASEAN and expanding globally.
All data is free under CC BY 4.0 and available via static JSON API, GitHub repositories, and this website.
Coverage
22
Countries
415
Top-Level Divisions
201,090
Total Records
Data Quality
- All names sourced from official government data (BPS, DOSM, GSO, etc.)
- Coordinates verified against multiple sources
- Bilingual: local script + English/romanized
- Hierarchical parent-child relationships validated
- Updated when official data changes
Sources
| Country | Primary Source | License |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | OCHA COD-AB (HDX) | CC BY-IGO |
| Bangladesh | OCHA COD-AB (HDX) | CC BY-IGO |
| Bhutan | OCHA COD-AB (HDX) | CC BY-IGO |
| Brunei | Bruneiverse/bruneimap + geoBoundaries + Qoyyuum/Tulus + OpenStreetMap | CC BY 4.0 / ODbL |
| Burkina Faso | OCHA COD-AB (HDX) | CC BY-IGO |
| Cambodia | Various | CC BY 4.0 |
| Cameroon | OCHA COD-AB Cameroon | CC BY-IGO |
| Haiti | OCHA COD-AB (HDX) | CC BY-IGO |
| Hong Kong | GeoNames + snowiewdev/hkdistricts + hkdce/dcca-boundaries | CC BY 4.0 |
| Indonesia | Wilayah Administratif Indonesia | ODbL v1.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | OCHA COD-AB Kyrgyzstan | CC BY-IGO |
| Laos | geoBoundaries + GeoNames | CC BY 4.0 |
| Malaysia | OpenDOSM + geoBoundaries | CC BY 4.0 |
| Maldives | OCHA COD-AB Maldives (mdv_admin_boundaries.xlsx) | CC BY-IGO |
| Myanmar | Various | CC BY 4.0 |
| Nepal | OCHA COD-AB (HDX) | CC BY-IGO |
| Pakistan | OCHA COD-AB (HDX) | CC BY-IGO |
| Philippines | Various | CC BY 4.0 |
| Singapore | Various | CC BY 4.0 |
| Sri Lanka | OCHA COD-AB Sri Lanka | CC BY-IGO |
| Thailand | Various | CC BY 4.0 |
| Vietnam | ThangLeQuoc/vietnamese-provinces-database + vietnamadminunits | MIT |
License
Data: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Code: MIT License
You are free to use, share, and adapt this data for any purpose, including commercial, as long as you give appropriate credit.
GitHub
All source data and country repositories are on GitHub: