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Kazakhstan GIS data sources

Region
Central Asia
ISO 3166
KZ · KAZ
Sources
9
Themes
9
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Kazakhstan: 9 sources across 9 themes, led by UN OCHA and Ministry of Digital Development. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Kazakhstan

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Kazakhstan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: UNHCR from Open Street Map.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    Shapefile, File geodatabase, XLS
    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

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Kazakhstan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Kazakhstan - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: National Statistics Office of Kazakhstan.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Kazakhstan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • Statistical Office (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Statistical Office

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    stat.gov.kz

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • Kazhydromet (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Kazhydromet (Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources)

    National hydrometeorological service: weather, river levels and air quality bulletins.

    • Climate & weather
    • Hydrology
    • Environment
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    kazhydromet.kz

    Verified

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • Kazakhstan open data portal (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Ministry of Digital Development

    National open data portal with an API; mostly tabular data in Kazakh and Russian.

    • Open data portal
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV, JSON, API
    Link
    data.egov.kz

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Kazakhstan

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

Boundaries & admin
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Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Environment
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