Education Facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from OpenStreetMap

Education facilities across the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities, tagged via OpenStreetMap's `amenity` or `building` keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this dataset, which was last updated on 2026-06-19. Coverage reflects volunteer mapping activity and is likely more complete in urban areas than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map school access and proximity based on facility locations.
• Plan education infrastructure and resource allocation based on the distribution of facilities.
• Analyze urban-rural disparities in education infrastructure based on the described coverage bias.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple facility types: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON.

Limitations

• Coverage is described as sparse in remote areas, reflecting volunteer mapper activity.
• 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 mapping and compilation by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 09:37:33.345661.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo