Barbados Financial Services Locations from OpenStreetMap

Barbados is the geographic scope for this dataset of financial service locations exported from OpenStreetMap. It includes points of interest tagged with the `amenity` key, such as banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Map financial inclusion based on the distribution of banks and microfinance branches.
• Plan cash distribution networks based on ATM and post office locations.
• Conduct economic analysis based on the density and types of financial services.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple financial service types including banks, ATMs, and money transfer agents.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, GEOJSON, and SHP.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 01:31:16.394515; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Barbados