Democratic Republic of the Congo Subnational Administrative Boundaries

Subnational administrative boundaries for the Democratic Republic of the Congo are provided at three levels: ADM0 (country), ADM1, and ADM2. The data is produced and maintained by geoBoundaries as part of its global database of political administrative boundaries, available under an open license. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-31.

Use Cases

• Create choropleth maps based on ADM1 or ADM2 level boundaries.
• Perform spatial joins with other datasets using the provided administrative polygons.
• Analyze regional administrative structures based on the hierarchical ADM0-ADM2 levels.

Strengths

• Standardized global resource produced and maintained since 2017.
• Available under an open license (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

geoBoundaries

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 10:25:12.360760.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo