Romania GIS data sources
- Region
- Eastern Europe
- ISO 3166
- RO · ROU
- Sources
- 11
- Themes
- 12
- Last verified
Where to download GIS data for Romania: 11 sources across 12 themes, led by OCHA / HDX and Government of Romania. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 3 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.
Country atlases
- Romania in the LiDAR & elevation atlas None known
- Romania in the aerial & satellite imagery atlas Restricted
National and OpenStreetMap sources for Romania
Boundaries & admin 4
Administrative boundary data for every country-
ANCPI Geoportal (opens in a new tab)
Web viewer Cost: FreeNational Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration
- Boundaries & admin
- Imagery
- Addresses & cadastre
Verified
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geo-spatial.org eHarta and data catalogue (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: Freegeo-spatial.org community
Long-running Romanian community repository of vector and raster data, including historic maps.
- Boundaries & admin
- Elevation / DEM
- Hydrology
- Geology
Verified
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Romania – subnational administrative boundaries (COD-AB) (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeOCHA / HDX
OCHA Common Operational Dataset of admin boundaries with P-codes for joining humanitarian statistics.
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
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geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)
API Cost: FreeWilliam & Mary geoLab
JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
Population 1
Gridded population data for every country-
Romania – subnational population statistics (COD-PS) (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeOCHA / HDX
Population estimates by admin level with P-codes matching the COD-AB boundaries.
- Population
- Census & statistics
Verified
Census & statistics 1
Census and statistics data for every country-
TEMPO Online (National Institute of Statistics) (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeNational Institute of Statistics
Time series database of Romanian statistics down to county and locality (SIRUTA) level.
- Census & statistics
- Population
Verified
Transport 1
Road, rail and transport data for every country-
OpenStreetMap extract – Romania (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeGeofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors
Daily OSM extract.
- Transport
- Boundaries & admin
- Hydrology
Verified
Climate & weather 1
Climate and weather data for every country-
National Meteorological Administration (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeANM
Climate monitoring and meteorological data for Romania.
- Climate & weather
Verified
Natural hazards 1
Natural hazard data for every country-
Romanian Waters flood hazard and risk maps (opens in a new tab)
Web viewer Cost: FreeRomanian Waters National Administration
Flood hazard and risk maps under the EU Floods Directive.
- Natural hazards
- Hydrology
Verified
Geology 1
Geology data for every country-
Geological Institute of Romania (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeGeological Institute of Romania
Geological maps of Romania at 1:50,000 to 1:200,000.
- Geology
Verified
Open data portal 1
Open geospatial data portals for every country-
data.gov.ro (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeGovernment of Romania
- Open data portal
Verified
Global datasets that cover Romania
Worldwide and continental layers that include Romania, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.
- Boundaries & admin
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- Open Maps for Europe (EuroGlobalMap, EuroRegionalMap) (opens in a new tab) EuroGeographics · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Eurostat GISCO (opens in a new tab) European Commission (Eurostat) · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- GADM (opens in a new tab) GADM project · Non-commercial only · Free · Verified
- Elevation / DEM
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- ALOS World 3D 30 m (AW3D30) (opens in a new tab) JAXA · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus DEM (GLO-30 / GLO-90) (opens in a new tab) ESA / Airbus (Copernicus) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ETOPO 2022 Global Relief Model (opens in a new tab) NOAA NCEI · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Imagery
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- AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embeddings (annual, COG mirror) (opens in a new tab) Google and Google DeepMind (mirror by Taylor Geospatial on Source Cooperative) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ASF Data Search (Vertex) (opens in a new tab) Alaska Satellite Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (opens in a new tab) European Space Agency / European Commission · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Land cover
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- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (opens in a new tab) European Environment Agency · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- LUCAS Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (opens in a new tab) European Commission (Eurostat) · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Copernicus Global Dynamic Land Cover (CGLS-LC100) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Land Monitoring Service · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Buildings
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- Microsoft Global ML Building Footprints (opens in a new tab) Microsoft · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Population
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- Global Human Settlement Layer (opens in a new tab) European Commission JRC · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4) (opens in a new tab) CIESIN, Columbia University / NASA SEDAC · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Kontur Population (opens in a new tab) Kontur · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Census & statistics
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- UNdata (opens in a new tab) UN Statistics Division · Open licence · Free · Verified
- World Bank Open Data (opens in a new tab) World Bank · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Addresses & cadastre
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- OpenAddresses (opens in a new tab) OpenAddresses · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Transport
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- BBBike custom OSM extracts (opens in a new tab) BBBike.org · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Geofabrik downloads (opens in a new tab) Geofabrik · Open licence · Free · Verified
- GRIP global roads database (opens in a new tab) PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (GLOBIO) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Hydrology
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- Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Emergency Management Service / ECMWF · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) (opens in a new tab) Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Germany / WMO · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- HydroBASINS (opens in a new tab) WWF / McGill University (HydroSHEDS) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Climate & weather
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- ARCO-ERA5 (analysis-ready, cloud-optimised ERA5) (opens in a new tab) Google Research · Open licence · Free · Verified
- CHELSA climatologies (opens in a new tab) Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL · Open licence · Free · Verified
- CHIRPS rainfall (opens in a new tab) Climate Hazards Center, UC Santa Barbara · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Natural hazards
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- Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps (opens in a new tab) World Resources Institute · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Copernicus Emergency Management Service: rapid mapping (opens in a new tab) European Commission (Copernicus EMS) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- EM-DAT international disaster database (opens in a new tab) CRED, UCLouvain · Non-commercial only · Free · Verified
- Geology
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- Macrostrat (opens in a new tab) University of Wisconsin–Madison · Open licence · Free · Verified
- OneGeology Portal (opens in a new tab) OneGeology · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Open data portal
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- data.europa.eu (opens in a new tab) Publications Office of the EU · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Registry of Open Data on AWS (opens in a new tab) Amazon Web Services · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Humanitarian Data Exchange (opens in a new tab) UN OCHA · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
Tutorials that use this kind of data
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- Measuring Lake Mead's shrinking shoreline with Sentinel-2, STAC and Python Intermediate
- Fast vector geoprocessing in Python: spatial indexes, overlays and modern file formats Intermediate
Neighbouring countries
- Bulgaria GIS data 9 sources · shares a border
- Ukraine GIS data 8 sources · shares a border
- Serbia GIS data 8 sources · shares a border
- Moldova GIS data 7 sources · shares a border
- Hungary GIS data 10 sources · shares a border
- Kosovo GIS data 5 sources
- North Macedonia GIS data 6 sources