The current GADM2 file only contains countries that resolve to GADM2; if a country does not actually have administrative level 2 boundaries in it, it won't be in this file.
Proposed Solution
Use our GADM3 file and carve off the admin3 shapes/places so we have a holistic file for GADM2.
The current GADM2 file only contains countries that resolve to GADM2; if a country does not actually have administrative level 2 boundaries in it, it won't be in this file.
Proposed Solution
Use our GADM3 file and carve off the admin3 shapes/places so we have a holistic file for GADM2.