DRC Risk Assessment Indicators: Admin Level 2 Flood and Infrastructure Data

Seven thematic indicator layers developed by HeiGIT in 2026 provide risk assessment data for the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the administrative level 2. The data aggregates demographic, infrastructure, and flood exposure metrics from sources like WorldPop and OpenStreetMap to support disaster resilience analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing healthcare accessibility by comparing access_pop_hospitals_30min against total population
• Identifying vulnerable populations for flood response using children_u5 and female_u15 demographic counts
• Evaluating district-level infrastructure density using education_count and primary_healthcare_count

Strengths

• Integrates multiple authoritative sources including WorldPop, OSM, and Google Earth Engine
• Provides granular accessibility data based on travel time (30min/1h/2h) rather than just distance
• Standardized using HDX COD-AB administrative boundaries for easy joining

Limitations

• Relies on OpenStreetMap for facility counts, which may have incomplete coverage in remote rural areas
• Specific column definitions for the rural population and vulnerability layers are missing from the provided documentation

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)

Collection Method

Aggregated from WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine via the GAIA Pipeline.

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo