Health Facilities in Burkina Faso from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for health facilities in Burkina Faso, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The dataset is exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Analyzing healthcare service access based on facility locations.
• Mapping gaps in healthcare coverage for emergency response planning.
• Visualizing the distribution of different facility types (e.g., hospitals vs. pharmacies).

Strengths

• Includes multiple facility types (hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, dentists).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14.

Geography

Burkina Faso