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GIS data sources: Kenya

Region
Eastern Africa
ISO 3166
KE · KEN
Sources
4
Links checked
2026-10-14

4 sources, including 1 hand-picked national datasets. Covering boundaries & admin, land cover, census & statistics, transport, hydrology. Download as JSON or get the full catalogue CSV.

Sources

  • RCMRD Open Data (opens in a new tab)

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    Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development · Eastern & Southern Africa

    • Land cover
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoTIFF
    Link
    opendata.rcmrd.org

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

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

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    Geofabrik / OpenStreetMap contributors

    Daily OSM extract.

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

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API

    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

    Link checked · 2026-10-14

  • National Bureau of Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Portal

    National Bureau of Statistics

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

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See provider terms
    Link
    knbs.or.ke

    Unavailable at last check · 2026-10-14 (HTTP 301)