Financial Services in Costa Rica from OpenStreetMap

Costa Rica's financial service locations, including banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches, tagged via the `amenity` key in OpenStreetMap. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-27. Coverage likely reflects areas where volunteer mappers have been active.

Use Cases

• Map financial inclusion based on the distribution of bank and ATM locations.
• Plan cash distribution networks based on the locations of money transfer agents and post offices.
• Conduct economic analysis based on the density and types of financial amenities.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple financial service types (banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, microfinance).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON).

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven; urban areas are usually well represented, while remote areas may be sparse.
• 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 mapping via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 02:50:44.320076; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Costa Rica