Financial Services in Burkina Faso from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Burkina Faso includes financial service locations tagged via the `amenity` key. The dataset contains points of interest such as banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Map financial service accessibility based on amenity types like banks and ATMs.
• Plan cash distribution networks using locations of money transfer agents and post offices.
• Analyze economic infrastructure density from the distribution of microfinance branches.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Covers specific financial amenity types as defined by the OpenStreetMap tagging schema.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:38:46.659389; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Burkina Faso