Health Facilities in Botswana from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Botswana includes hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists tagged via `amenity` or `healthcare`. The dataset is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map healthcare service accessibility based on facility locations.
• Plan emergency response logistics using the spatial distribution of hospitals and clinics.
• Identify healthcare coverage gaps by comparing facility density against population data.
• Analyze the distribution of different facility types, such as pharmacies versus dentists.

Strengths

• Covers multiple facility types, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from a well-known collaborative mapping project, OpenStreetMap.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via tags `amenity` and `healthcare`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:39:24.271779; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Botswana