TechnicalGIS

Belgium GIS data sources

Region
Western Europe
ISO 3166
BE · BEL
Sources
13
Themes
11
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Belgium: 13 sources across 11 themes, led by Digitaal Vlaanderen and Belgian federal government. 6 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 4 cover elevation including LiDAR. 1 is under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Belgium

Boundaries & admin 5

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • National Geographic Institute (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Mixed

    NGI / IGN

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    ngi.be

    Verified

  • Géoportail de la Wallonie (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Service public de Wallonie · Wallonia

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    geoportail.wallonie.be

    Verified

  • Geopunt Vlaanderen (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Digitaal Vlaanderen · Flanders

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Imagery
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Formats
    WMS, Shapefile
    Link
    geopunt.be

    Verified

  • Statbel statistical sectors (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Statistics Belgium

    Boundaries of the statistical sectors, the finest unit for Belgian census and population statistics.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    statbel.fgov.be

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Elevation / DEM 1

Free DEM, LiDAR and elevation data for every country

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • Cadastral plan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    FPS Finance · Belgium

    National cadastral parcel map, updated annually.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage
    Link
    finances.belgium.be

    Verified

Transport 2

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • Top10Vector (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    National Geographic Institute · Belgium

    1:10 000 topographic vector database of Belgium.

    • Transport
    • Hydrology
    • Buildings
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage
    Link
    geo.be

    Verified

  • OpenStreetMap extract – Belgium (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors

    Daily OSM extract.

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, Shapefile
    Link
    download.geofabrik.de

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • RMI open data (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium · Belgium

    Synoptic observations, climate grids and radar data.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, WMS
    Link
    opendata.meteo.be

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • Geological Survey of Belgium (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences · Belgium

    Geological maps, borehole archive and subsurface data.

    • Geology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    geologie.be

    Verified

Open data portal 2

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • data.gov.be (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Belgian federal government

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    data.gov.be

    Verified

  • datastore.brussels (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    urban.brussels / Paradigm · Brussels-Capital Region

    Brussels-Capital Region open geodata including UrbIS base map and 3D buildings.

    • Open data portal
    • Buildings
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    GeoPackage, Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    datastore.brussels

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Belgium

Worldwide and continental layers that include Belgium, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Addresses & cadastre
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Geology
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