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Jamaica GIS data sources

Region
Caribbean
ISO 3166
JM · JAM
Sources
7
Themes
7
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Jamaica: 7 sources across 7 themes, led by Government of Jamaica / National Spatial Data Management Branch and National Land Agency. 4 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 Jamaica

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

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

    Download Cost: Free

    OCHA / HDX (Social Development Commission)

    Common Operational Dataset of admin boundaries with P-codes, sourced from Social Development Commission.

    • 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

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • Statistical Institute of Jamaica (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Statistical Institute of Jamaica

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    statinja.gov.jm

    Verified

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • National Land Agency (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Mixed

    National Land Agency

    Land titles, surveys and valuation; parcel searches via the eLandjamaica service (fees apply).

    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    Free with registration; see terms
    Link
    nla.gov.jm

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • Jamaica Country Data Hub (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Government of Jamaica / National Spatial Data Management Branch

    Open geospatial and SDG indicator datasets from Jamaican agencies.

    • Open data portal
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON, CSV, API
    Link
    jamaica-data-hub-sdg.hub.arcgis.com

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Jamaica

Worldwide and continental layers that include Jamaica, 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
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