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Brazil GIS data sources

Region
South America
ISO 3166
BR · BRA
Sources
18
Themes
13
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Brazil: 18 sources across 13 themes, led by INPE and IBGE. 11 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 Brazil

Boundaries & admin 6

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • IBGE Geociências (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística

    Gateway to IBGE's cartography, census geography, geodesy, land cover and natural resource datasets.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Census & statistics
    • Land cover
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage
    Link
    ibge.gov.br

    Not verified (site blocks automated checks) · 18 Oct 2026 (no response)

  • Malha de setores censitários (Censo 2022) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    IBGE

    Census tract and intra-municipal boundaries for joining to 2022 census aggregates.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage
    Link
    ibge.gov.br

    Not verified (site blocks automated checks) · 18 Oct 2026 (no response)

  • IBGE geosciences FTP (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    IBGE

    Bulk directory of IBGE geospatial products: topographic maps, BC250 vector base, land use, pedology, geology and vegetation.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Land cover
    • Geology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoTIFF, PDF
    Link
    geoftp.ibge.gov.br

    Verified

  • Brazil subnational administrative boundaries (COD-AB) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    OCHA / HDX (IBGE)

    Common Operational Dataset of admin boundaries with P-codes, sourced from IBGE.

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

    Verified

  • Malhas territoriais (IBGE) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)

    Annual municipal, state, regional and immediate/intermediate region boundaries from IBGE.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage, KML
    Link
    ibge.gov.br

    Not verified (site blocks automated checks) · 18 Oct 2026 (no response)

  • 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

Imagery 1

Satellite and aerial imagery for every country

  • INPE image catalogue (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    INPE

    CBERS-4/4A, Amazonia-1 and archive Landsat imagery; free registration required.

    • Imagery
    Licence
    Free with registration; see terms
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    dgi.inpe.br

    Verified

Land cover 3

Land cover datasets for every country

  • MapBiomas Brasil (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    MapBiomas

    Annual 30 m land cover and land-use maps since 1985, plus fire, water and deforestation collections.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    brasil.mapbiomas.org

    Verified

  • TerraBrasilis (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    INPE

    INPE platform for PRODES annual deforestation and DETER near-real-time alerts across Brazilian biomes.

    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br

    Verified

  • TerraBrasilis downloads (PRODES/DETER) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    INPE

    Direct downloads of PRODES deforestation increments and DETER alerts by biome.

    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoTIFF
    Link
    terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • SIGEF land parcel system (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    INCRA

    Certified rural property boundaries; parcels can be queried and exported by municipality.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    sigef.incra.gov.br

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Hydrology 1

River, lake and hydrology data for every country

  • HidroWeb (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA)

    Historical rainfall, river level, discharge and sediment series from the national hydrometeorological network.

    • Hydrology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, API
    Link
    snirh.gov.br

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • BDMEP meteorological database (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    INMET

    Historical daily and hourly station data from INMET's network; data are emailed after a request.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    bdmep.inmet.gov.br

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • GeoSGB (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Serviço Geológico do Brasil (SGB/CPRM)

    Geological maps, mineral occurrences, geophysics and groundwater (SIAGAS) data from the geological survey.

    • Geology
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    geosgb.sgb.gov.br

    Verified

Open data portal 2

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • dados.gov.br (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Government of Brazil

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    dados.gov.br

    Verified

  • INDE (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    National Spatial Data Infrastructure

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    inde.gov.br

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Brazil

Worldwide and continental layers that include Brazil, 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
Environment
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