Below are details on the sources on which the individual country datasets are partially based:
Argentina:
- (I) Instituto Geográfico Nacional de la República Argentina (IGN), Departamentos de la República Argentina, Open data downloaded from: https://www.ign.gob.ar/NuestrasActividades/InformacionGeoespacial/CapasSIG, Original dataset: departamento.shp, Date Created: 27-03-2019
- (II) Ministerio de Energía y Minería, Secretaría de Coordinación de Planeamiento Energético, Dirección Nacional de Información Energética, Información Socioeconómica INDEC Radios Censales, Open data downloaded from: http://datos.minem.gob.ar/dataset/informacion-socioeconomica-indec-radios-censales, Original datasets: all provinces in shp format, Created: 7-11-2016, Last Update: 24-04-2018, Accessed: 05-2021
Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics, http://www.abs.gov.au, Incorporates or developed using G-NAF ©PSMA Australia Limited licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Austria: Statistik Austria, http://data.statistik.gv.at
Belgium: Belgium data is partially based Based on Statbel; Belgie in cijfers, Data from 01.01.2023 https://statbel.fgov.be
Botswana: Data is partially based on U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/en.html
Brazil: Portal Brasileiro de Dados Abertos, dados.gov.br
Bulgaria:
- (I) National Spatial Data Portal - INSPIRE, https://inspireportal.egov.bg/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/homewith no conditions apply to access and use and no limitations to public access.
- (II) National Statistical Institute, https://www.nsi.bg/en
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/burkina-faso-administrative-boundaries) and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Cambodia: WFP - World Food Programme, https://data.humdata.org
Canada: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census – Boundary files, 2021. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.
Central African Republic: Central African Republic data is partially based on data.humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-caf) and adapted. Licensed (CC BY-IGO) Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Chad: OCHA Chad, https://data.humdata.org
Chile: SIG Corporativo INE (National Statistics Institute Chile), Open data (Geodatos Abiertos INE), original data downloaded from: https://geoine-ine-chile.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/c6e62e8bd9f04a6a9df46fbeaf1f22fd_0?geometry=104.809%2C-59.307%2C79.321%2C-12.461, dataset: Censo 2017 Distrito Censal, Last Modified: 9/24/2019
Colombia: National Administrative Department of Statistics: www.dane.gov.co
Congo: Congo data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange - https://data.humdata.org/
Croatia: Državna geodetska uprava https://dgu.gov.hr/
Czech Republic:
- (I) Český statistický úřad, https://www.czso.cz
- (II) Státní správa zeměměřictví a katastru, https://www.cuzk.cz
Denmark: Danish Geodata Agency, DAGI - Danish Administrative and Geographical Boundaries, Matrikelkortet / The Cadastral Map and Kort10 (vector), all April 2015, http://download.kortforsyningen.dk
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Democratic Congo data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange - https://data.humdata.org/
Faroe Islands: Faroe Islands data is partially based on The Environment Agency, Faroe Islands, http://www.us.fo
Federated States of Micronesia: data is partially based on pacificdata.org
Fiji: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Finland: National Land Survey of Finland; database 04/2023, http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi
France: IGN France, https://www.data.gouv.fr
French Guiana: Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN), http://professionnels.ign.fr
French Polynesia: Data is partially based on Census 2017 (https://www.ispf.pf/bases/Recensements/2017/Presentation/conference-de-presse)
Estonia: Republic of Estonia Land Board, Administrative and settlement units, Estonian Land Board 01.06.2023, http://www.maaamet.ee
Ecuador: National Institute of Statistics and Censuses INEC, http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec
Eritrea: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange Humdata.org - https://data.humdata.org/dataset/eritrea-admin-level-1-boundaries
Ethiopia: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange (Source: CSA (Central Statistics Agency) and Regional Bureau of Finance and Economic Development (BoFED))- https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-eth
Gabon: Gabon data is partially based on HDX - https://data.humdata.org/
Ghana: Ghana data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-gha) and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Germany:
- Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung, http://www.geodaten.bayern.de
- Geoportal Baden-Württemberg, http://www.geoportal-bw.de
- Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin, http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de
- Geoportal Rheinland Pfalz, http://www.geoportal.rlp.de
- NRW – Das Open Government Portal für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, https://open.nrw
Germany city districts:
- aachen.de
- CC-BY 3.0 daten.berlin.de
- © Stadt Bielefeld, Amt für Geoinformation und Kataster (CC BY 4.0)
- bochum.de
- Stadt Braunschweig - Open GeoData, 2019, Lizenz: dl-de/by-2-0
- portal-chemnitz.opendata.arcgis.com
- digistadtdo.de
- Kartendaten © auf-Karte.de CC BY 4.0
- nrw/dataset/stadtteilgrenzen-duesseldorf-d
- Kartendaten © auf-Karte.de CC BY 4.0
- offenedaten.frankfurt.de
- ITZ, Stadt Freiburg i.Br., Amt für Bürgerservice und Informationsverarbeitung, fritz.freiburg.de
- nrw/dataset/verwaltungsgrenzen-der-stadt-gelsenkirchen-wms-wfs-ge
- transparenz.hamburg.de
- hamm.de
- hannover.de
- herne.de
- jena.de
- offenedaten-koeln.de
- krefeld.de
- Stadt Leipzig, Amt für Statistik und Wahlen 2019, leipzig.de
- offenesdatenportal.de
- moenchengladbach.de
- muelheim-ruhr.de
- opengov-muenchen.de
- stadt-muenster.de
- © Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Stadtmessungsamt, stuttgart.de
- © Stadt Trier 2019 / dl-de/by2-0, trier.de, Daten bearbeitet
- http://daten.ulm.de
- offenedaten-wuppertal.de
Germany localities:
- Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung, https://geodaten.bayern.de/
- Hessische Verwaltung für Bodenmanagement und Geoinformation, https://hvbg.hessen.de
- © GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeo LSA , https://www.geodatenportal.sachsen-anhalt.de
- Geodaten Sachsen, http://geodownload.sachsen.de
- © GDI-Th, https://www.geoportal-th.de
- GeoBasis-DE/MV; dl-de/by-2-0, https://www.laiv-mv.de
- © GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeoRP 2017, dl-de/by-2-0© GeoBasis-DE / LVermGeoRP 2017, dl-de/by-2-0, lvermgeo.rlp.de, http://geo5.service24.rlp.de
- Land NRW (2019), https://www.opengeodata.nrw.de
- Auszug aus den Geobasisdaten des Landesamtes für Geoinformation und Landesvermessung Niedersachsen, © 2019, https://www.geobasisdaten.niedersachsen.de
- GeoBasis-DE / BKG 2019, http://www.geodatenzentrum.de
- © GeoBasis-DE/LGB, dl-de/by-2-0, (Daten geändert)
Greenland: Danish Geodata Agency, DAGI - Danish Administrative and Geographical Boundaries, Matrikelkortet / The Cadastral Map and Kort10 (vector), all April 2015, http://download.kortforsyningen.dk/
Guadeloupe: Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN), http://professionnels.ign.fr
Guatemala: Open Energy Information, http://en.openei.org
Guinea: International Organization for Migration, https://data.humdata.org
Haiti: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
Honduras: Open Energy Information, http://en.openei.org
Iceland: National Land Survey of Iceland, http://www.lmi.is
Indonesia: WFP - World Food Programme, https://data.humdata.org
India: MapmyIndia, http://www.mapmyindia.com
Ireland:
- (I) Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI), http://www.osi.ie
- (II) GOV.IE, http://data.gov.ie
Italy: Italy dataset is partially based on data from Istat – Istituto nazionale di statistica, www.istat.it
Ivory Coast: Ivory Coast data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cote-d-ivoire-administrative-level-0-3-boundaries-and-points) and adapted. Licensed CC BY IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Japan: Statistics of Japan. https://www.e-stat.go.jp
Kenya: Kenya data was partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/administrative-wards-in-kenya-1450) and adapted.
Latvia: Data is based on: Latvian Open Data Portal (https://data.gov.lv )
Libya: OCHA Lybia, https://data.humdata.org
Lesotho: Humdata.org (source FAO and the Ministry of Local Government, cleaned by OCHA), license CC BY- IGO, https://data.humdata.org/faqs/licenses
Data downloaded from: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lso?
Madagascar: Madagascar data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mdg) and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Malawi: Malawi data is partially based on The Humanitarian Data Exchange - https://data.humdata.org
Mali: DNCT - Direction Nationale des Collectivités Territoriales https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mli
Maldives: Data is partially based on Global islands https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov
Marshall Islands: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Martinique: Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN), http://professionnels.ign.fr
Mexico: "Códigos Postales, coordenadas y colonias" published by Correos de Mexico, https://datos.gob.mx
Namibia: Data is partially based on: Namibia GeoPortal, https://namibia.africageoportal.com/
Nauru: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
New Zealand:
- (I) This work is based on/includes Stats NZ’s data which are licensed by Stats NZ for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- (II) LINZ - Land Information New Zealand data, https://data.linz.govt.nz
Netherlands:
- (I) NGR Nationaal Georegister, http://nationaalgeoregister.nl
- (II) CBS Central Bureau of Statistics, https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl
Nigeria: The Humanitarian Data Exchange, https://data.humdata.org
Niue: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub - https://pacificdata.org/
Norway: Restrictions for Geonorge https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/
Palau: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Paraguay: Datos Abiertos Paraguay, Dirección Nacional de Correos del Paraguay (DINACOPA), Nuevo Código Postal del Paraguay, original data downloaded from: https://www.datos.gov.py/dataset/nuevo-c%C3%B3digo-postal-del-paraguay, dataset: Zona Postal Paraguay, Last Modified: 2019-10-17
Peru: The Humanitarian Data Exchange, https://data.humdata.org
Poland: Centralnego Ośrodka Dokumentacji Geodezyjnej Kartograficznej, http://www.codgik.gov.pl
Philippines: Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA)
Portugal:
- (I) Instituto Geográfico Português, http://www.igeo.pt
- (II) Instituto Nacional de Estadística, ine.pt
- (III) Informação geográfica cedida pela Direção-Geral do Território, https://www.dgterritorio.gov.pt/
Puerto Rico: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
Réunion:
- (I) IGN France, https://www.data.gouv.fr
- (II) Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN), http://professionnels.ign.fr
Romania: National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration, http://data.gov.ro
Rwanda:
- (I) NISR Geodata Portal, https://data.humdata.org
- (II) Rwanda data is partially based on datacatalog.worldbank.org (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0041453) and adapted. Licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/public-licenses?fragment=cc
Samoa: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Serbia: Geosrbija https://opendata.geosrbija.rs/
Singapore:
- (I) Contains information from Master Plan 2019 Subzone Boundary (No Sea) accessed on 2020-02-25 from https://data.gov.sg/dataset/master-plan-2019-subzone-boundary-no-sea which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence
- (II) Contains information from Singapore postal codes accessed on 2020-03-03 from http://developers.onemap.sg/commonapi/ which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 https://www.onemap.sg/legal/opendatalicence.html
Sint Maarten: L’Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN)—Original data downloaded from https://geoservices.ign.fr/documentation/diffusion/telechargement-donnees-libres.html,
dataset: BDTOPO_3-0_TOUSTHEMES_SHP_RGAF09UTM20_D978_2020-12-15.7z /2020/, updated on 5 March 2021.
Slovakia:
- (I) Ústredný portál verejných služieb ľuďom, http://data.gov.sk
- (II) Based on OPEN DATA BRATISLAVA: https://opendata.bratislava.sk/
Slovenia: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, http://www.stat.si
Sierra Leone:
- (I) Code for Sierra Leone, https://africaopendata.org/
- (II) Sierra Leone data is partially based on humdata.org (https://data.humdata.org/dataset/sierra-leone-all-ad-min-level-boundaries?) and adapted. Licensed CC BY-IGO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Solomon Islands: data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
South Africa:
- (I) Municipal Demarcation Board, http://www.demarcation.org.za
- (II) National Geospatial Information, http://www.ngi.gov.za
South Korea: DATA.GO.KR, https://data.go.kr
South Sudan:
- (I) The Humanitarian Data Exchange, https://data.humdata.org
- (II) Data is partially based on OCHA South Sudan (source: South Sudan Information Management Working Group (IMWG), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and OCHA) and adapted, license CC BY-IGO, https://data.humdata.org/faqs/licenses. Data downloaded from: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-ssd
Spain: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, http://www.ine.es
St.Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Data is partially based on Global islands https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov
St Lucia: Saint Lucia Open Data, original data downloaded from: https://data.govt.lc/dataset/st-lucia-communities, dataset: St Lucia Settlements Project - Shape File (2016), Last Modified: 2019-02-13
St Pierre and Miquelon: data is based on Geoservices- https://geoservices.ign.fr/irisge#telechargementter
Sweden:
- (I) Statistics Sweden: https://www.scb.se/en/
- (II) Svenskakyrkan: https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/
Switzerland:
- (I) Swiss federal authorities (Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/ and Federal Directorate of
- (II) Cadstral Suyrveying, http://www.cadastre.ch
Taiwan: National Land Surveying and Mapping Center, https://data.gov.tw
Tanzania: Small Hydro GIS Atlas, https://energydata.info
Tonga: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Tuvalu: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Ukraine: OCHA FISS, https://data.humdata.org
United Kingdom:
- (I) Ordnance Survey, http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- (II) Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0
- (III) Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right [2021]
- (IV) Contains Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
- (V) Contains NRS data © Crown copyright and database right [2011]
- (VI) Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2011]
United States: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
US Virgin Islands: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
Uruguay: Uruguay data is based on ine.gub.uy (https://ine.gub.uy/documents/10181/18006/Mapas+Vectoriales+a%C3%B1o+2011/97dbcd58-80a8-472c-86cc-e8ecdaafef99) and adapted. Licensed 3 star from https://opendatacharter.net/principles/#accessible-and-usable
Vanuatu: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub https://pacificdata.org/
Venezuela: Humdata.org (source Nacional Statistical Institute Venezuela), update date: 24/02/2021, license CC BY-IGO, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode
Wallis and Futuna: Data is partially based on Pacific data hub - https://pacificdata.org/
Zambia: U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov
Zimbabwe: Data is partially based on Humanitarian Data Exchange (humdata.org)
Explanation of terms
Object type*:
admin (level 0-7) This layer depicts the administrative and political boundaries of the country in question. Level “0” corresponds to the country as a whole, with an increasing level of detail for each successive level (e.g., 2, 3 and so on).
postal (1-7 digits) This layer depicts the postcode divisions of the country in question. “1” refers to one-digit postcodes, “2” to two-digit postcodes, and so on. The higher the number, the more detailed the depiction of the postcodes.
TT This layer is based on TomTom cartography.
Off. code**:
This layer contains labels featuring official regional codes - for example, the official designators of postcodes used by the national postal organization.
Nat. lang.***:
In addition to ASCII-based labels, this layer contains labels in the language (and associated special characters) of the country in question. For some countries local labels are not properly.