Yemen Health Facilities from OpenStreetMap for Service Access Analysis

OpenStreetMap exports provide health facility locations including hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote ones. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Analyze healthcare service access based on facility locations and types.
• Plan emergency response logistics based on hospital and clinic distributions.
• Map healthcare coverage gaps by comparing facility density against population data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple health facility types such as hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, and dentists.
• Available in several geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Derived from a free, collaborative global mapping project (OpenStreetMap).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:54:11.805995; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Yemen