Costa Rican Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap, Including Hospitals and Pharmacies

Health facilities from OpenStreetMap, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility locations and types mentioned in the description
• Plan emergency response routes based on the spatial distribution of hospitals and clinics
• Map healthcare coverage gaps based on the completeness of volunteer-mapped data in different regions

Strengths

• Includes multiple facility types such as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 11:50:05.805151; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Costa Rica