Financial Services in Rwanda from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Rwanda includes banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches tagged via the `amenity` key. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) exports this data, which was last updated in May 2026. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being better mapped than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Map financial service accessibility based on the locations of banks and ATMs.
• Plan cash distribution networks using the locations of post offices and money transfer agents.
• Analyze the density and distribution of microfinance branches for economic development studies.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data tagged via the `amenity` key.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:32:00.061081; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rwanda