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

Mauritania risk assessment indicators aggregated at administrative level 2, produced by the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT) and updated in March 2026. The data covers demographic, infrastructure, and flood hazard metrics derived from WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine.

Use Cases

• Estimating emergency medical needs using access_pop_hospitals_30min and elderly population counts
• Planning school-based flood shelters by identifying districts with high education_count
• Prioritizing humanitarian aid for vulnerable groups using children_u5 and female_pop columns

Strengths

• Standardized ADM2_PCODE join keys for integration with HDX COD-AB boundaries
• Integration of travel-time metrics from openrouteservice
• Multi-thematic coverage including demographics, infrastructure, and flood exposure

Limitations

• Potential OpenStreetMap data gaps in remote regions affecting facility counts
• Aggregated at district level which may mask sub-district variations in risk

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology)

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Mauritania