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Malaysia GIS data sources

Region
South-Eastern Asia
ISO 3166
MY · MYS
Sources
13
Themes
11
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Malaysia: 13 sources across 11 themes, led by Department of Statistics Malaysia and Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 7 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Malaysia

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • JUPEM (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia

    National survey and mapping department; topographic and cadastral data are sold or licensed, not open.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    jupem.gov.my

    Verified

  • Malaysia - 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.

    • 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 Malaysia (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

Census & statistics 2

Census and statistics data for every country

  • OpenDOSM (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Department of Statistics Malaysia

    DOSM open data with population and census tables by state, district and parliamentary constituency.

    • Census & statistics
    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    CSV, Parquet, API
    Link
    open.dosm.gov.my

    Verified

  • Department of Statistics Malaysia (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Department of Statistics Malaysia

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    dosm.gov.my

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Hydrology 1

River, lake and hydrology data for every country

  • Public Infobanjir (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Department of Irrigation and Drainage

    Real-time river levels and rainfall station data for flood monitoring.

    • Hydrology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • MET Malaysia weather API (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    Malaysian Meteorological Department / data.gov.my

    Open API for forecasts and warnings from MET Malaysia.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    API, JSON
    Link
    developer.data.gov.my

    Verified

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

Open data portal 2

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • data.gov.my (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Department of Statistics Malaysia

    National open data portal with a public API; includes population by district and other geo-referenced tables.

    • Open data portal
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Link
    data.gov.my

    Verified

  • MyGeoportal (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MaCGDI)

    National spatial data infrastructure portal; most datasets need an approved MyGDI application.

    • Open data portal
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    WMS
    Link
    mygeoportal.gov.my

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Malaysia

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

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