DS GISCO > Geodata > Administrative units > Countries - EN

There are specific download rules for the datasets shown below which must be complied with. Permission to download and use these data is subject to these rules being accepted.

Access to the datasets is also provided via the GISCO data distribution API, which includes data on different projections.

Datasets available for download

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  • SHP = shapefile
  • TopoJSON = JSON format for encoding geographic data structures into a shared topology
  • GeoJSON = open standard format designed for representing simple geographical features, along with their non-spatial attributes. It is based on the JSON format
  • GDB = geographical database, a collection of geographic datasets of various types held in a common file system folder, or a multiuser relational database management system
  • SVG = scalable vector graphics