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Paraguay GIS data sources

Region
South America
ISO 3166
PY · PRY
Sources
7
Themes
7
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Paraguay: 7 sources across 7 themes, led by Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible and MapBiomas network. 5 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 Paraguay

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

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

    Download Cost: Free

    OCHA / HDX (INE (DGEEC))

    Common Operational Dataset of admin boundaries with P-codes, sourced from INE (DGEEC).

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON, File Geodatabase, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • Portal Geoestadístico (INE Paraguay) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

    2022 census cartography and indicators (departments, districts, neighbourhoods) from INE, successor to the DGEEC.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON
    Link
    portalgeoestad.ine.gov.py

    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

  • MapBiomas Paraguay land cover collection (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    MapBiomas network

    Annual 30 m Landsat-based land cover and land-use maps since 1985; download via the platform or Google Earth Engine.

    • Land cover
    • Environment
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    paraguay.mapbiomas.org

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Environment 1

Environmental and protected area data for every country

  • Geoportal Ambiental (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (MADES)

    Protected areas, forest cover and environmental licensing layers.

    • Environment
    • Land cover
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    geoportal.mades.gov.py

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Paraguay

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

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

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