Financial Services in Somalia from OpenStreetMap Volunteer Mapping

Somalia's financial service locations, including banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches, are mapped via the OpenStreetMap `amenity` tag. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) from volunteer contributions and was last updated in June 2026. Coverage is likely more complete in urban areas where mappers have been active.

Use Cases

• Map financial inclusion based on the distribution of service points like banks and ATMs.
• Plan cash distribution or aid delivery based on the locations of money transfer agents and post offices.
• Analyze economic infrastructure density and urban-rural disparities based on the tagged amenities.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, leading to potential urban bias and sparse data in remote areas.
• 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 OpenStreetMap platform, tagged with the `amenity` key.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 18:53:04.924826; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Somalia