Afghanistan Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide health facility locations across Afghanistan, including hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. Data is contributed by volunteers, meaning completeness varies, with urban areas likely more detailed than remote regions. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export on HDX.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service access gaps based on facility type and location.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Analyze the density of pharmacies and doctors relative to population centers.

Strengths

• Covers multiple facility types: hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is openly licensed under ODbL-1.0.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data tagged with `amenity` or `healthcare` keys.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 12:04:35.041949; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Afghanistan