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Guyana GIS data sources

Region
South America
ISO 3166
GY · GUY
Sources
6
Themes
8
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Guyana: 6 sources across 8 themes, led by Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission and MapBiomas / RAISG. 2 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 Guyana

Boundaries & admin 1

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • 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 Amazonía (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    MapBiomas / RAISG · Amazon basin

    Annual land cover for the Pan-Amazon region including the Guiana Shield.

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

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • Bureau of Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Bureau of Statistics

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    statisticsguyana.gov.gy

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission

    National land administration and mapping agency; maps and land data on request.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    glsc.gov.gy

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Global datasets that cover Guyana

Worldwide and continental layers that include Guyana, 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
Environment

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