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Peru GIS data sources

Region
South America
ISO 3166
PE · PER
Sources
13
Themes
12
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Peru: 13 sources across 12 themes, led by Government of Peru and Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros. 7 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 4 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Peru

Boundaries & admin 4

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN Perú) (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Mixed

    Instituto Geográfico Nacional

    National mapping agency: 1:100,000 national topographic database, geodesy and orthoimagery.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    • Transport
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    gob.pe

    Verified

  • GEO GPS PERÚ (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    GEO GPS PERÚ

    Community site redistributing official Peruvian shapefiles (INEI, IGN, MTC, ANA); check the original source and date.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    • Transport
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    geogpsperu.com

    Verified

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

    Download Cost: Free

    OCHA / HDX (IGN)

    Common Operational Dataset of admin boundaries with P-codes, sourced from IGN.

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

  • MapBiomas Peru 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
    peru.mapbiomas.org

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • OpenStreetMap extract – Peru (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors

    Daily OSM extract.

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

    Verified

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

Geology 1

Geology data for every country

  • GEOCATMIN (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    INGEMMET

    Geological maps, mining concessions and geohazard inventories; layers downloadable as shapefiles.

    • Geology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    geocatmin.ingemmet.gob.pe

    Verified

Environment 1

Environmental and protected area data for every country

  • Geoservidor MINAM (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Ministerio del Ambiente

    Forest loss, land cover, ecosystems and ecological-economic zoning layers.

    • Environment
    • Land cover
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, WMS
    Link
    geoservidor.minam.gob.pe

    Verified

Open data portal 2

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • Plataforma Nacional de Datos Abiertos (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Government of Peru

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    datosabiertos.gob.pe

    Verified

  • GEOIDEP (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros

    National SDI portal (GEOIDEP) listing geoservices and downloadable layers from Peruvian public bodies.

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    geoidep.gob.pe

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Peru

Worldwide and continental layers that include Peru, 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
Natural hazards
Geology
Environment
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