IBGE

Brazil's national institute for geography and statistics, the authoritative source for census geography, administrative boundaries, and base mapping.

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) is Brazil's agency for official statistics and national geography. It produces and distributes the country's administrative boundaries, census tracts and sectors, territorial grids, and cartographic base data.

IBGE's geospatial downloads are essential for any analysis in Brazil that joins data to geography — from municipalities up to the national level — and underpin the census and socioeconomic indicators. Data is freely available through its download services.

Frequently Asked Questions

IBGE publishes Brazil’s full administrative hierarchy — country, states, municipalities, districts, and census sectors — used as the base for statistical mapping.

Yes. IBGE’s geographic and statistical data is freely available for reuse.

Common formats include Shapefile and GeoPackage for boundaries, plus CSV for statistical tables and some web services.

Details

AgencyBrazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
LevelNational
RegionSouth America
CoverageBrazil
LicenseOpen (free use)
Formats
ShapefileGeoPackageCSVWMS
Update FrequencyPeriodic
Categories
BrazilNationalStatistics
Visit portalUse data in Atlas