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Kuwait GIS data sources

Region
Western Asia
ISO 3166
KW · KWT
Sources
6
Themes
6
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Kuwait: 6 sources across 6 themes, led by UN OCHA and WorldPop, University of Southampton. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 4 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Kuwait

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

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

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    OCHA governorate boundaries for Kuwait, derived from GADM rather than an official national source.

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

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Kuwait (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 1

Gridded population data for every country

  • WorldPop population data – Kuwait (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

  • Central Statistical Bureau (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Central Statistical Bureau

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    csb.gov.kw

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • OpenStreetMap extract – GCC States (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors · GCC States

    Daily OSM extract covering GCC States (shared extract).

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, Shapefile
    Link
    download.geofabrik.de

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Kuwait

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

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology

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