Financial Services in North Korea from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped financial-service locations in North Korea, including banks, ATMs, and post offices. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness likely varies, with urban areas potentially better mapped than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Map financial-inclusion metrics based on the distribution of banks and ATMs mentioned in the description.
• Plan cash-distribution networks based on the locations of post offices and money transfer agents.
• Conduct economic analysis based on the spatial density of financial-service amenities.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.
• Includes multiple financial-service types such as banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform, tagged with the `amenity` key.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:50:51.927778; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Korea