Uganda Risk Assessment Indicators: District-Level Flood and Infrastructure Data

HeiGIT produced this collection of risk assessment indicators for Uganda at administrative level 2, updated as of March 2026. The data integrates demographics from WorldPop, infrastructure from OpenStreetMap, and flood exposure metrics to support disaster resilience planning.

Use Cases

• Assessing healthcare gaps by analyzing the access_pop_hospitals_30min column across districts
• Disaster response planning using children_u5 and elderly population counts to identify high-risk groups
• Infrastructure auditing using education_count and primary_healthcare_count to identify underserved areas

Strengths

• Aggregated at administrative level 2 for district-level policy analysis
• Includes specific travel-time accessibility metrics (30, 60, and 120 minutes) for healthcare facilities
• Integrates multi-source data from WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth Engine

Limitations

• Potential under-representation of facilities in regions with low OpenStreetMap contributor activity
• Demographic data is based on WorldPop estimates rather than a direct census

Provenance

Source

HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology) via the GAIA Pipeline

Collection Method

Aggregated from secondary sources including WorldPop, OpenStreetMap, Google Earth Engine, and openrouteservice

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Uganda (Admin Level 2)