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Chile GIS data sources

Region
South America
ISO 3166
CL · CHL
Sources
11
Themes
9
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Chile: 11 sources across 9 themes, led by Government of Chile and Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales. 5 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 3 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Chile

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Geodatos abiertos (INE Chile) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas

    Census cartography (regions to blocks) and urban/rural boundaries with 2017 census counts.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON
    Link
    ine.gob.cl

    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

  • MapBiomas Chile land cover collection (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    MapBiomas network

    Annual 30 m Landsat-based land cover and land-use maps since 1985; download via the platform or Google Earth Engine.

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

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Hydrology 1

River, lake and hydrology data for every country

  • Dirección General de Aguas (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Ministerio de Obras Públicas

    Hydrometric stations, water rights, glacier inventory and basin data for Chile.

    • Hydrology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, CSV
    Link
    dga.mop.gob.cl

    Verified

Climate & weather 2

Climate and weather data for every country

  • Explorador climático (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR2)

    Station and gridded precipitation and temperature series (CR2MET) for Chile.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    explorador.cr2.cl

    Verified

  • Servicios climáticos (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Dirección Meteorológica de Chile

    Climate station records, normals and reports from the national meteorological service.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    climatologia.meteochile.gob.cl

    Verified

Agriculture & soils 1

Agriculture and soil data for every country

  • IDE Minagri (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Ministerio de Agricultura

    CONAF land use and native vegetation cadastre, agricultural soils and forest data.

    • Agriculture & soils
    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    ide.minagri.gob.cl

    Verified

Open data portal 2

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • datos.gob.cl (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Government of Chile

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    datos.gob.cl

    Verified

  • IDE Chile (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales

    National SDI portal with the geospatial catalogue and links to ministry geoportals.

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    ide.cl

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Chile

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

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Agriculture & soils
Environment
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