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Bhutan GIS data sources

Region
Southern Asia
ISO 3166
BT · BTN
Sources
10
Themes
11
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Bhutan: 10 sources across 11 themes, led by UN OCHA and National Land Commission Secretariat. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 6 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Bhutan

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Bhutan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: OCHA ROAP.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    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

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

  • Land cover of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (RLCMS) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    ICIMOD · Hindu Kush Himalaya region

    Annual 30 m Landsat-based land cover from ICIMOD's Regional Land Cover Monitoring System; free ICIMOD RDS login needed to download.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    rds.icimod.org

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Bhutan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Bhutan - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: UNFPA.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Bhutan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • National Statistics Bureau (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    National Statistics Bureau

    National statistical office (from the UN Statistics Division directory).

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    nsb.gov.bt

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • National Land Commission Secretariat (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    National Land Commission Secretariat

    Bhutan's national mapping and cadastral agency; topographic and cadastral data are released on request.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    web.nlcs.gov.bt

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

Global datasets that cover Bhutan

Worldwide and continental layers that include Bhutan, 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
Natural hazards

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