You mapped and we are grateful! Here we are sharing our yearly statistics and milestones with the UN Mappers community for 2025:
Overall map changes: 3,036,322
2025 statistics:
Roads: 30,000 km
Waterways: 15,500 km
Land Use/Land Cover (LULC): 47,000 km2
New UN Mappers: 911
Since the conception of UN Maps, UN Mappers has grown to 5,977, and we hosted 378 events e.g. training, webinars, conference participation and mappy hours.
Our UN Maps Learning Hub has hosted 3,111 learners, with one new course launched this year: QGIS Training.
In 2025, we also took undertook honest and productive discussions to grow our community by co-creating the plan for the UN Maps Community Ambassadors and Chapters.
Our impact
Through this, we are able to complete 48 mapsheets that supported two (2) missions:
- United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS)
- United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)
In addition, we supported the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through generating the baseline map data that is being used to develop a new master plan for agriculture along the Senegal River in Mauritania. Read more here.
Looking Ahead
This year 2026, we hope to continually provide opportunity for volunteers to contribute to the UN operations, this includes:
- Specific and targeted open mapping trainings to advance mapping skills and learn new tools
- Improve our existing courses and add new courses in our Learning Hub
- Champion and recognize our exceptional contributors in UN Mappers channels i.e. social media and website
- Follow through our pilot project and introduce our UN Maps Community Ambassadors
Our heartfelt gratitude to YOU, UN Mappers, for supporting UN Maps. Every maps edits you make provide a backbone to ensure smooth operations in the field and long lasting peace.
UN Maps contributors in 2025:
Would you like to collaborate with us?
We are happy to host mapping activities with the community! Feel free to contact us for collaboration proposals and invitations through social media or by email: un.mappers@un.org