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Road, rail and transport data by country

Theme
Transport
Countries
213
National sources
289
Global datasets
9
Last verified

National road and rail networks, plus OpenStreetMap extracts (Geofabrik, BBBike, HOT Export Tool), Overture transportation, GRIP roads and airport and port lists. This page lists all 289 national transport sources in the catalogue, country by country, after the 9 global datasets.

Global transport datasets

  • BBBike custom OSM extracts (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    BBBike.org · Global

    Draw any polygon and get OpenStreetMap data in 30+ formats by e-mail link, usually within minutes; areas up to 24 million km².

    • Transport
    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, Shapefile, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Garmin
    Link
    extract.bbbike.org

    Verified

  • GRIP global roads database (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (GLOBIO) · Global

    Harmonised global road network (GRIP4, about 21 million km) from 60 sources, plus 5 arc-minute road density rasters by road type.

    • Transport
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoTIFF, File geodatabase
    Link
    globio.info

    Verified

  • HOT Export Tool (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team · Global

    Build custom OpenStreetMap exports by area and tag selection (roads, buildings, health facilities); free OSM login required.

    • Transport
    • Buildings
    • Open data portal
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, Shapefile, KML, PBF, CSV
    Link
    export.hotosm.org

    Verified

  • OurAirports (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    OurAirports · Global

    Nightly CSVs of 80,000+ airports, heliports, runways, frequencies and navaids worldwide, with coordinates and ICAO/IATA codes.

    • Transport
    Licence
    Public domain
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    ourairports.com

    Verified

  • World Port Index (Pub 150) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Global

    Location, facilities and services of about 3,800 ports worldwide, updated regularly.

    • Transport
    • Marine & coastal
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    CSV, Shapefile, PDF
    Link
    msi.nga.mil

    Verified

  • Geofabrik downloads (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Geofabrik · Global

    Daily OpenStreetMap extracts by continent, country and region as .osm.pbf, plus free Shapefile layers for smaller regions.

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

    Verified

  • OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    OpenStreetMap contributors · Global

    The free, editable map of the world, updated by the minute; query it with Overpass or OSMnx (see our OSMnx tutorial).

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    • Buildings
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    PBF, XML
    Link
    openstreetmap.org

    Verified

  • Overture Maps (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Overture Maps Foundation · Global

    Monthly releases of buildings (2.5 bn+), places, addresses, transportation and divisions (admin boundaries) as cloud-native GeoParquet on S3 and Azure.

    • Transport
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Buildings
    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0 (buildings, transportation, divisions); CDLA Permissive 2.0 (places, base)
    Formats
    GeoParquet
    Link
    docs.overturemaps.org

    Verified

  • Open Maps for Europe (EuroGlobalMap, EuroRegionalMap) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    EuroGeographics · Europe

    Pan-European topographic and administrative boundary data at 1:1M (EuroGlobalMap) and 1:250k from national mapping agencies.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Transport
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, Shapefile, GML
    Link
    mapsforeurope.org

    Verified

Transport sources by country

Africa 55 countries

Algeria 1
Angola 1
Benin 1
Botswana 1
Burkina Faso 1
Burundi 1
Cabo Verde 1
Cameroon 1
Central African Republic 1
Chad 1
Comoros 1
Côte d'Ivoire 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2
Djibouti 1
Egypt 1
Equatorial Guinea 1
Eritrea 1
Eswatini 1
Ethiopia 1
Gabon 1
Ghana 1
Guinea 1
Guinea-Bissau 1
Kenya 1
Lesotho 1
Liberia 1
Libya 1
Madagascar 1
Malawi 1
Mali 1
Mauritania 1
Mauritius 1
Morocco 1
Mozambique 1
Namibia 1
Niger 1
Nigeria 2
Republic of the Congo 1
Rwanda 1
Saint Helena 1
São Tomé and Príncipe 1
Senegal 1
Seychelles 1
Sierra Leone 1
Somalia 1
South Africa 3
South Sudan 1
Sudan 1
Tanzania 1
The Gambia 1
Togo 1
Tunisia 1
Uganda 1
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1

Asia 50 countries

Afghanistan 1
Armenia 1
Azerbaijan 1
Bahrain 1
Bangladesh 1
Bhutan 1
Brunei 1
Cambodia 1
China 1
Cyprus 1
Georgia 1
Hong Kong 2
India 2
Indonesia 1
Iran 1
Iraq 1
Israel 2
Japan 3
Jordan 1
Kazakhstan 1
Kuwait 1
Kyrgyzstan 1
Laos 1
Lebanon 1
Malaysia 1
Maldives 1
Mongolia 1
Myanmar 2
Nepal 1
North Korea 1
Oman 1
Pakistan 1
Palestine 1
Philippines 1
Qatar 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Singapore 4
South Korea 1
Sri Lanka 1
Syria 1
Taiwan 1
Tajikistan 1
Thailand 1
Timor-Leste 1
Türkiye 1
Turkmenistan 1
United Arab Emirates 2
Uzbekistan 1
Vietnam 1
Yemen 1

Europe 50 countries

Åland Islands 1
Albania 1
Andorra 1
Austria 2
Belarus 1
Belgium 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Bulgaria 1
Croatia 1
Czechia 3
Denmark 1
Estonia 2
Faroe Islands 1
Finland 4
France 3
Germany 2
Greece 1
Guernsey 1
Hungary 1
Iceland 1
Ireland 2
Isle of Man 1
Italy 1
Jersey 1
Kosovo 1
Latvia 2
Liechtenstein 1
Lithuania 1
Luxembourg 1
Malta 1
Moldova 1
Monaco 1
Montenegro 1
Netherlands 4
North Macedonia 1
Norway 4
Poland 2
Portugal 1
Romania 1
Russia 1
San Marino 1
Serbia 1
Slovakia 2
Slovenia 1
Spain 3
Sweden 2
Switzerland 2
Ukraine 1
United Kingdom 13
Vatican City 1

North America 21 countries

Aruba 1
Bahamas 1
Belize 1
Canada 3
Costa Rica 1
Cuba 1
Curaçao 1
Dominican Republic 1
El Salvador 1
Greenland 2
Guatemala 1
Haiti 2
Honduras 1
Jamaica 1
Mexico 1
Nicaragua 1
Panama 2
Puerto Rico 2
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1
United States 6
United States Virgin Islands 1

South America 13 countries

Argentina 2
Bolivia 1
Brazil 1
Chile 1
Colombia 1
Ecuador 2
Guyana 1
Paraguay 1
Peru 3
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1
Suriname 1
Uruguay 1
Venezuela 1

Oceania 23 countries

American Samoa 2
Australia 6
Cook Islands 1
Fiji 1
French Polynesia 1
Guam 2
Kiribati 1
Marshall Islands 1
Micronesia 1
Nauru 1
New Caledonia 1
New Zealand 3
Niue 1
Northern Mariana Islands 2
Palau 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Pitcairn Islands 1
Samoa 1
Solomon Islands 1
Tonga 1
Tuvalu 1
Vanuatu 1
Wallis and Futuna Islands 1

Antarctica 1 country

Antarctica 1

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