Bolivian Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap for Service Access Analysis

OpenStreetMap volunteer-mapped health facilities across Bolivia, including hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. The dataset is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and is useful for analyzing healthcare service access and emergency response. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely more thoroughly mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility locations and types.
• Plan emergency response routes based on the distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Map healthcare coverage gaps based on the density of facilities like pharmacies and doctors.

Strengths

• Includes multiple facility types such as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

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 mapping via OpenStreetMap tags for `amenity` or `healthcare`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:22:03.417287; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bolivia