Education Facilities in Rwanda from OpenStreetMap

Rwanda's education facilities, including schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities, were mapped by volunteer contributors to OpenStreetMap. The dataset was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness of the data varies by region, with urban areas likely being more thoroughly mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map school access and catchment areas based on facility locations.
• Plan education infrastructure and resource allocation based on the distribution of schools and universities.
• Analyze the density and types of education facilities across different regions of Rwanda.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Explicitly includes four types of education facilities: schools, kindergartens, colleges, and universities.
• Dataset is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:31:19.617612; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rwanda