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Colombia GIS data sources

Region
South America
ISO 3166
CO · COL
Sources
13
Themes
13
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Colombia: 13 sources across 13 themes, led by Government of Colombia and DANE. 9 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 2 cover elevation. 4 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Colombia

Boundaries & admin 5

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Geoportal DANE (download page) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    DANE

    Download page for the Marco Geoestadístico Nacional (MGN) and DIVIPOLA codes used for census and survey geography.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    dane.gov.co

    Verified

  • Colombia en Mapas (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    IGAC

    IGAC's national map portal for viewing and downloading basemap cartography (1:500,000 to 1:10,000), DEMs and orthoimagery; free login to download.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Imagery
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoTIFF
    Link
    colombiaenmapas.gov.co

    Verified

  • Datos abiertos geoespaciales (IGAC) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi

    IGAC open datasets including administrative limits, cadastral data, soils and the national DEM.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage, GeoTIFF
    Link
    igac.gov.co

    Verified

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

    Download Cost: Free

    OCHA / HDX (DANE)

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

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON, File Geodatabase, 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

  • MapBiomas Colombia 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
    colombia.mapbiomas.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • IDEAM (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales

    Hydrometeorological station data, forest cover monitoring and ecosystem maps.

    • Climate & weather
    • Hydrology
    • Environment
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, Shapefile
    Link
    ideam.gov.co

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • Datos abiertos SGC (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Servicio Geológico Colombiano

    Geological maps, mass-movement hazard zoning, seismic catalogues and geochemistry.

    • Geology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON, CSV
    Link
    datos.sgc.gov.co

    Verified

Environment 1

Environmental and protected area data for every country

Open data portal 2

Open geospatial data portals for every country

Global datasets that cover Colombia

Worldwide and continental layers that include Colombia, 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
Geology
Environment
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