Financial Services in Uganda from OpenStreetMap

Financial Services of Uganda is a geospatial dataset of financial amenities compiled from OpenStreetMap. It includes locations of banks, ATMs, post offices, money transfer agents, and microfinance branches tagged via the `amenity` key. The data was last updated on 2026-06-22 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Map financial service accessibility for inclusion analysis based on the described amenity types.
• Plan cash distribution and ATM placement based on the geolocated financial service points.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of economic infrastructure based on the categorized financial amenities.

Strengths

• Derived 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: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity; urban areas are usually well represented, 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 OpenStreetMap platform, tagged with the `amenity` key.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22 22:04:29.351858

Geography

Uganda