TechnicalGIS

Myanmar GIS data sources

Region
South-Eastern Asia
ISO 3166
MM · MMR
Sources
9
Themes
7
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Myanmar: 9 sources across 7 themes, led by UN OCHA and Myanmar Information Management Unit. 5 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 Myanmar

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • MIMU GIS resources (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Myanmar Information Management Unit

    Authoritative humanitarian boundary sets (state to village tract), settlement points and place codes.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    • Transport
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoPackage
    Link
    themimu.info

    Verified

  • Myanmar - 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: Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU).

    • 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

Land cover 1

Land cover datasets for every country

  • Land cover of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (RLCMS) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    ICIMOD · Hindu Kush Himalaya region

    Annual 30 m Landsat-based land cover from ICIMOD's Regional Land Cover Monitoring System; free ICIMOD RDS login needed to download.

    • Land cover
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    rds.icimod.org

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Myanmar (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

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

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: UN in Myanmar.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

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

    Portal Cost: Free

    Central Statistical Organization

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    csostat.gov.mm

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Global datasets that cover Myanmar

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

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

Browse all 127 global datasets

Tutorials that use this kind of data

Neighbouring countries