Bulgaria GIS data sources
- Region
- Eastern Europe
- ISO 3166
- BG · BGR
- Sources
- 9
- Themes
- 8
- Last verified
Where to download GIS data for Bulgaria: 9 sources across 8 themes, led by AGKK and Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency. 3 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 2 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.
Country atlases
- Bulgaria in the LiDAR & elevation atlas None known
- Bulgaria in the aerial & satellite imagery atlas Restricted
National and OpenStreetMap sources for Bulgaria
Boundaries & admin 2
Administrative boundary data for every country-
Bulgaria – subnational administrative boundaries (COD-AB) (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeOCHA / HDX
OCHA Common Operational Dataset of admin boundaries with P-codes for joining humanitarian statistics.
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
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geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)
API Cost: FreeWilliam & Mary geoLab
JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
Census & statistics 1
Census and statistics data for every country-
National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria
National statistical office (from the UN Statistics Division directory).
- Census & statistics
Verified
Addresses & cadastre 2
Address and cadastral data for every country-
Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeAGKK
- Addresses & cadastre
Verified
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Cadastral Administrative Information System (KAIS) (opens in a new tab)
Web viewer Cost: Free with registrationGeodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency
Public cadastral map viewer; extracts require registration.
- Addresses & cadastre
Verified
Transport 1
Road, rail and transport data for every country-
OpenStreetMap extract – Bulgaria (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeGeofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors
Daily OSM extract.
- Transport
- Boundaries & admin
- Hydrology
Verified
Climate & weather 1
Climate and weather data for every country-
National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeNIMH
National weather, climate and hydrology service.
- Climate & weather
- Hydrology
Verified
Environment 1
Environmental and protected area data for every country-
Register of protected areas and Natura 2000 (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeExecutive Environment Agency
Register of protected areas and Natura 2000 zones in Bulgaria.
- Environment
Verified
Open data portal 1
Open geospatial data portals for every country-
Bulgarian INSPIRE geoportal (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeMinistry of Environment and Water
National INSPIRE metadata catalogue and services.
- Open data portal
Verified
Global datasets that cover Bulgaria
Worldwide and continental layers that include Bulgaria, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.
- Boundaries & admin
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- Open Maps for Europe (EuroGlobalMap, EuroRegionalMap) (opens in a new tab) EuroGeographics · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Eurostat GISCO (opens in a new tab) European Commission (Eurostat) · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- GADM (opens in a new tab) GADM project · Non-commercial only · Free · Verified
- Elevation / DEM
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- ALOS World 3D 30 m (AW3D30) (opens in a new tab) JAXA · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus DEM (GLO-30 / GLO-90) (opens in a new tab) ESA / Airbus (Copernicus) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ETOPO 2022 Global Relief Model (opens in a new tab) NOAA NCEI · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Imagery
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- AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embeddings (annual, COG mirror) (opens in a new tab) Google and Google DeepMind (mirror by Taylor Geospatial on Source Cooperative) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ASF Data Search (Vertex) (opens in a new tab) Alaska Satellite Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (opens in a new tab) European Space Agency / European Commission · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Land cover
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- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (opens in a new tab) European Environment Agency · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- LUCAS Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (opens in a new tab) European Commission (Eurostat) · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Copernicus Global Dynamic Land Cover (CGLS-LC100) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Land Monitoring Service · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Buildings
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- Microsoft Global ML Building Footprints (opens in a new tab) Microsoft · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Population
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- Global Human Settlement Layer (opens in a new tab) European Commission JRC · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4) (opens in a new tab) CIESIN, Columbia University / NASA SEDAC · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Kontur Population (opens in a new tab) Kontur · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Census & statistics
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- UNdata (opens in a new tab) UN Statistics Division · Open licence · Free · Verified
- World Bank Open Data (opens in a new tab) World Bank · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Addresses & cadastre
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- OpenAddresses (opens in a new tab) OpenAddresses · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Transport
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- BBBike custom OSM extracts (opens in a new tab) BBBike.org · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Geofabrik downloads (opens in a new tab) Geofabrik · Open licence · Free · Verified
- GRIP global roads database (opens in a new tab) PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (GLOBIO) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Hydrology
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- Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Emergency Management Service / ECMWF · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) (opens in a new tab) Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Germany / WMO · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- HydroBASINS (opens in a new tab) WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Climate & weather
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- ARCO-ERA5 (analysis-ready, cloud-optimised ERA5) (opens in a new tab) Google Research · Open licence · Free · Verified
- CHELSA climatologies (opens in a new tab) Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL · Open licence · Free · Verified
- CHIRPS rainfall (opens in a new tab) Climate Hazards Center, UC Santa Barbara · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Environment
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- EEA Datahub (opens in a new tab) European Environment Agency · Open licence · Free · Verified
- GBIF occurrence API (opens in a new tab) Global Biodiversity Information Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Key Biodiversity Areas (opens in a new tab) KBA Partnership / BirdLife International · Non-commercial only · Free with registration · Verified
- Open data portal
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- data.europa.eu (opens in a new tab) Publications Office of the EU · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Registry of Open Data on AWS (opens in a new tab) Amazon Web Services · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Humanitarian Data Exchange (opens in a new tab) UN OCHA · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
Tutorials that use this kind of data
- Getting started with GeoPandas: projections, spatial joins and choropleth maps Beginner
- Fast vector geoprocessing in Python: spatial indexes, overlays and modern file formats Intermediate
- Street network analysis with OSMnx: routes, isochrones and walking accessibility Intermediate
- Watershed delineation in Python with pysheds: the River Derwent above Ladybower Intermediate
Neighbouring countries
- Romania GIS data 11 sources · shares a border
- Serbia GIS data 8 sources · shares a border
- Türkiye GIS data 15 sources · shares a border
- Greece GIS data 10 sources · shares a border
- North Macedonia GIS data 6 sources · shares a border
- Kosovo GIS data 5 sources
- Albania GIS data 8 sources