Health Facilities in Malta from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Malta includes hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists tagged via `amenity` or `healthcare`. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exported this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely more detailed than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility locations.
• Plan emergency response routes based on hospital and clinic locations.
• Map healthcare coverage gaps based on the distribution of amenities.
• Validate or augment official health facility registries based on crowd-sourced data.

Strengths

• Covers multiple facility types including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to OpenStreetMap, with urban areas likely more complete than remote ones.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 18:57:51.379969; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malta