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Saudi Arabia GIS data sources

Region
Western Asia
ISO 3166
SA · SAU
Sources
10
Themes
10
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Saudi Arabia: 10 sources across 10 themes, led by UN OCHA and General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Saudi Arabia

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • GEOSA (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information

    National survey and geospatial authority; national geoportal and geodetic services.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    geosa.gov.sa

    Verified

  • Saudi Arabia - 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: www.gadm.org.

    • 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 Saudi Arabia (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

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

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) Saudi Arabia.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Saudi Arabia (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

  • General Authority for Statistcs (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    General Authority for Statistcs

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    stats.gov.sa

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

  • OpenStreetMap extract – GCC States (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors

    Daily OSM extract covering all six Gulf Cooperation Council states in one file.

    • 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

  • Saudi Geological Survey (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Saudi Geological Survey

    National geological survey; geological maps, seismic monitoring and geohazards.

    • Geology
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    sgs.gov.sa

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Saudi Arabia

Worldwide and continental layers that include Saudi Arabia, 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

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