Madagascar GIS data

Retirement Notice: This item is in mature support as of October 2025 and will retire in December 2027.  A new version of this item is available for your use. Esri recommends updating your maps and apps to use the new version. Madagascar District Boundaries provides a 2023 boundary with a total population count. The layer is designed to be used for mapping and analysis. It can be enriched with additional attributes using data enrichment tools in ArcGIS Online. The 2023 boundaries are provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH. These were published in October 2023. Other administrative boundaries for this country are also available: Country Province Region

Fourth-level administrative divisions of Madagascar, the most granular administrative units available. Use this layer for village-level analysis and last-mile service delivery planning.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220201MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Vatovavy Fitovinany region, Madagascar as of 8 February 2022 at 05:20 local time. The flood analysis were carried out by using an automated analysis with Artificial Intelligence based methods. Within the analyzed area of about 3,800 km2, 210 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analyzed area, the potentially exposed population is 57,200 people mainly located in district of Vohipeno with ~ 30,000 people, and Manakara Atsimo with ~ 27,000 people, This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT. Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

Disaster loss and damage dataset for Madagascar

Number of Deaths, Injured, Missing, Houses Destroyed, Houses Damaged, Victims Affected, Relocated, Evacuated, Losses and Damages in crops by climate change event

Please note that the windspeed and track dataset only covers the part where the this was still a tropical cyclone. For explanation see below caveats. Due to this we will not release a priority index, since windspeed data is missing for most of the country. Dataset of windspeed and track was kindly provided by University College London. The rainfall data is calculated based on GPM. It is the accumulated rainfall from March 6th midnight to March 10th 10:00am Madagascar time.

**UNOSAT code: TC20240102MDG, GDACS ID: 1001040** This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent in Vohipeno District, Vatovavy Fitovinany Region as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 05 January 2024 at 05:20 local time. Within the extent of this map of about 600 km², a total of about 50 km² of lands appear to be affected with flood waters. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 17,700 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code TC20230221MDG, GDACS Id: 1000961** This map illustrates satellite-detected water in Manakara Atsimo District, Vatovavy Fitovinany Region, Madagascar from a TerraSAR-X imagery acquired on 23 February 2023 at 15:15 local time. Within the analyzed area of about 530 km2, about 16 km2 of land appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 87,000 people live within the analysed area while 4,100 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

**UNOSAT code: TC20240102MDG, GDACS ID: 1001040** This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent in Manakara Atsimo District, Vatovavy Fitovinany Region as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 05 January 2024 at 05:20 local time. Within the extent of this map of about 300 km², a total of about 20 km² of lands appear to be affected with flood waters. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 6,300 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code: TC20240102MDG, GDACS ID: 1001040** This map illustrates cumulative satellite-detected water extent in Manja, Morombe & Ankazoabo Districts, Madagascar as of 03 January 2024 as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 03 January 2024 at 05:36 local time. Within the cloud free analysed area of about 5,500 km², a total of about 670 km² of lands appear to be affected with flood waters. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 18,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code TC20230221MDG, GDACS Id: 1000961** This map illustrates satellite-detected water in Vohipeno district, Vatovavy Fitovinany region, Madagascar from a TerraSAR-X imagery acquired on 23 February 2023 at 05:19 local time. Within the analyzed area of about 1,100 km2, about 40 km2 of land appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 231,000 people live within the analysed area while 10,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to the backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Farafangana and Vondrozo Districts, Atsimo Atsinanana Region, Madagascar as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 24 February 2022 at 10:00  local time. Within the analyzed area of about 1,000 km2, about 110 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 12,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

**UNOSAT code: TC20220201MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters over Betroka district, Anosy region, Madagascar observed from Sentinel-2 image acquired on 9 February 2022 at 10:00 local time. Within the analyzed cloud free zones of about ~1,000 km2, a total of about 35 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 2,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis that has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

This dataset contains administrative polygons grouped by country (admin-0) with the following subdivisions according to Who's On First placetypes: - macroregion (admin-1 including region) - region (admin-2 including state, province, department, governorate) - macrocounty (admin-3 including arrondissement) - county (admin-4 including prefecture, sub-prefecture, regency, canton, commune) - localadmin (admin-5 including municipality, local government area, unitary authority, commune, suburb) The dataset also contains human settlement points and polygons for: - localities (city, town, and village) - neighbourhoods (borough, macrohood, neighbourhood, microhood) The dataset covers activities carried out by Who's On First (WOF) since 2015. Global administrative boundaries and human settlements are aggregated and standardized from hundreds of sources and available with an open CC-BY license. Who's On First data is updated on an as-need basis for individual places with annual sprints focused on improving specific countries or placetypes. Please refer to the README.md file for complete data source metadata. Refer to our blog post for explanation of field names. Data corrections can be proposed using Write Field, an web app for making quick data edits. You’ll need a Github.com account to login and propose edits, which are then reviewed by the Who's On First community using the Github pull request process. Approved changes are available for download within 24-hours. Please contact WOF admin about bulk edits.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220201MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Farafangana and Vangaindrano districts, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as observed from Sentinel-1 image acquired of 15 February 2022 at 05:12 local time. Within the analyzed area of about 1,700 km2, about 5 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. The water extent appears to have decreased of about 80 km2 since 8 February 2022. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 900 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT. Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal. Satellite Data: Sentinel-1 Imagery Date: 15 Feb 2022 at 02:12 Local time Resolution: 10 m Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel Data [2022]Source: ESA

**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Vangaindrano district, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 1 March 2022 at 10:00 local time. Within the analyzed cloud free zones of about 300km2, a total of about 25 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 5,500 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Midongy-Atsimo District, Atsimo Atsinanana Region, Madagascar as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 24 February 2022 at 10:00 local time. Within the analyzed area about 1,200 km2, a total of about 90 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 5,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis that has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters over Maroantsetra area, Analanjirofo region in Madagastcar as observed from the TerraSAR-X radar image acquired on 08 March 2017 compared with to a Radarsat-2 image acquired on 04 May 2014. Several zones seem to be inundated and have experienced an increase of standing waters. These zones are mainly agricultural and/or swamps around the town of Maroantsetra. These waters seem to be the results of the recent heavy rain related also to the cyclone ENAWO-17 which made landfall the 07 March 2017. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.

**UNOSAT code: FL20200128MDG** Cette carte illustre les eaux de surface détectées via le capteur VIIRS-NOAA sur le centre et le nord de la république de Madagascar entre le 23 janvier et le 27 Janvier 2020. Dans la zone analysée non couverte par les nuages, environ 850,000 personnes sont exposées ou vivent à proximité des zones inondées qui couvrent 9,475 km2. Les plaines du nord-ouest situées dans les régions de Boeny, Sofia et Alaotra Mangoro semblent être particulièrement impactées par les inondations en cours. Ceci est une analyse préliminaire et n'a pas encore été validée sur le terrain. Ne pas hésiter à envoyer vos commentaires à UNITAR-UNOSAT.

This map illustrates satellite-detected flood waters extent and evolution between 08 and 10 March 2017 over Maroantsetra area, Analanjirofo region in Madagascar as detected by TerraSAR-X radar images acquired on 10 and 08 March 2017. Between 08 and 10 March 2017 and within this map extent, waters receded from about 4,270 ha of lands. Many areas within this zone remain affected and ~6,230 ha of lands were still flooded on the 10 March 2017 whereas ~10,500 ha of lands were flooded the 08 March 2017. It corresponds to about 40% decrease. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Manakara Atsimo district, Vatovavy Fitovinany region, Madagascar as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 24 February 2022 at 10:00 local time.  Within the analyzed cloud free zones of about 3,000 km2, a total of about 200 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 39,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas.  This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field.  Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

**UNOSAT code: TC20220201MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Farafangana and Vangaindrano districts, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as observed from RCM-3 images acquired on 8 February 2022 at 05:15 local time. Within the analyzed area of 1,700 km2, a total of about 84 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 17,800 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas.  This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT. Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent as of 07 January 2018 over Vohipeno & Manakara Atsimo districs, Vatovavy Fitovinary Region, in Madagascar as detected by Sentinel-1. As of 07 January 2018. Several communes of these districts seem to be affected by inundations due to to the heavy rains that have followed the cyclone AVA-18. ~1,000 ha of lands appear to be likely affected in Vohitrindry, ~ 800 ha in Lanovo and ~400 ha in Vohilany communes. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.

This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent as of 09 January 2018 over Soaneriana Ivongo district, Analanjirofo region, in Madagascar as detected by Radarsat-2. Limited standing waters can be observed in the area. These zones are mainly agricultural and/or swamps. These waters are the results of recent heavy rains following the cyclone AVA-18 which made landfall the 05 January 2018. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas, due to the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.

This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent as of 07 January 2018 over Toamasina districts, Atsinanana Region, in Madagascar as detected by Sentinel-1. Some standing water areas could be observed north and south of Toamasina, mainly in the agricultural and/or open areas along the river. It is likely that floodwaters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.

This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent as of 10 March 2017 over Antsahanoro commune, Antalaha district in Madagascar as detected by TerraSAR-X. As of 10 March 2017, ~ 335 Ha of land over Antsahanoro commune seem to be inundated and have experienced an increase of standing waters. These zones are mainly agricultural and/or swamps in the commune of Antsahanoro. These waters seem to be the results of the recent heavy rain related also to the cyclone ENAWO-17 which made landfall the 07 March 2017. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.

This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent as of 07 January 2018 over Mananjary district, Vatovavy-Fitovinany region, in Madagascar as detected by Sentinel-1. ~ 1000 ha of land over the communes of Tsiatosika and ~1300 ha in Ankatafana seem to be inundated. These zones are mainly agricultural and/or swamps. These waters are the results of recent heavy rains following the cyclone AVA-18 which made landfall the 05 January 2018. It is likely that flood waters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas, due to the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.

**UNOSAT code: FL20200128MDG** This maps illustrates satellite-detected water via VIIRS-NOAA on the center and the northern part of the Republic of Madagascar between the 29 January and the 02 February 2020. Within the analysed extent not covered by clouds, a total of about 9,718 km2 appear to be flooded, of which about 2,309 km2 and 851 km2 in Boeny and Alaotra-Mangoro region respectively. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 1,400,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. In Boeny and Alaotra-Mangoro regions, respectively 144,000 and 70,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT.

**UNOSAT code: FL20200128MDG** This maps illustrates satellite-detected water via VIIRS-NOAA on the center and the northern part of the Republic of Madagascar between the 09 and the 13 February 2020. Within the analysed extent not covered by clouds, a total of about 9,116 km2 appear to be flooded, of which about 2,098 km2, 1,366 km2 and 834 km2 in Boeny, Melaky and Alaotra-Mangoro region respectively. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 1,300,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. In Boeny, Melaky and Alaotra-Mangoro regions, respectively 170,000; 35,000 and 80,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR - UNOSAT.

**UNOSAT code: TC20240328MDG, GDACS ID: 1001057** This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent in Sambava and Vohemar Districts, Sava Region, Madagascar as observed from a TanDEM-X satellite image acquired on 01 April 2024 at 18:09 local time (15:09 UTC). Within the analysed area of about 850 km², a total of about 10 km² of lands appear to be affected with flood waters. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220201MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Amboasary-Atsimo and Taolagnaro districts, Anosy region, Madagascar as of 8 February 2022 at 05:21 local time. The flood analysis were carried out by using an automated analysis with Artificial Intelligence based methods. Within the analyzed area of about 2,700 km2, about 30 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 3,000 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT. Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220201MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters over Miandrivozo district, Menabe region, Madagascar observed from Sentinel-2 image acquired on 7 February 2022 at 10:12 local time. Within the analyzed cloud free zones of about ~1,000 km2, a total of about 53 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 1,200 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis that has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).

**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Taolagnaro District, Anosy Region, Madagascar as observed from a TerraSAR-X image acquired on 26 February 2022 at 18:15 local time. Within the analyzed area of about 140 km2, about 4 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 400 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220201MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Midongy-Atsimo district, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as of 8 February 2022 at 05:21 local time. The flood analysis were carried out by using an automated analysis with Artificial Intelligence based methods. Within the analyzed area of about 2,400 km2, ~150 km2 of lands appear to be flooded and about 2 km2 of croplands appear to be likely affected by the flood waters. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters in the analyzed area, the potentially exposed population is about 6,200 people potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Farafangana and Vangaindrano districts, Atsimo Atsinanana region, Madagascar as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 27 February 2022 at 05:12 local time. Within the analyzed area of about 500 km2, about 18 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 3,500 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT). Important note: Flood analysis from radar images may underestimate the presence of standing waters in built-up areas and densely vegetated areas due to backscattering properties of the radar signal.

**UNOSAT code: TC20220221MDG** This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Mananjary and Nosy-Varika Districts, Vatovavy Fitovinany Region, Madagascar as observed from a Sentinel-2 image acquired on 24 February 2022 at 10:00 local time. Within the analyzed cloud free zones of about 800km2, a total of about 105 km2 of lands appear to be flooded. Based on Worldpop population data and the detected surface waters, about 13,400 people are potentially exposed or living close to flooded areas. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).