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Guinea-Bissau
Bissau · West African CFA franc (XOF) · ECOWAS · WAEMU
Reference
- Capital
- Bissau
- Currency
- West African CFA franc · XOF
- Central bank
- Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
- Regional membership
- Official languages
- Portuguese
- Stock exchange
- BRVM (regional exchange, Abidjan)
- Instant payments
- Not listed here
- Regulatory sandbox
- Not listed here
A blank field means the item is not listed on this page, not that it does not exist.
Figures
- GDP (current US$)
- $2.5 bn · 2025
- GDP growth (annual %)
- 5.8% · 2025
- Population
- 2.2 m · 2025
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
- 0.9% · 2025
- Personal remittances received (current US$)
- Not available for the latest year
- Exchange rate · XOF
- 565 XOF per US dollar · 2026-08-29
World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Mid-market reference from exchangerate-api.com, refreshed daily; not a dealing rate.
Headlines · 4
From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.
AllAfrica · Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau Constitutional Referendum - an Explainer
[ACSS] A constitutional referendum organized by the military junta in Guinea-Bissau aims to consolidate power in the executive branch and rollback power sharing efforts in a country with a long history of political…
The Guardian Africa
Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?
The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means…
The Guardian Africa
Children make up half of suspected mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau as epidemic spreads
West African country reports 46 suspected cases in outbreak declared in July, amid fears virus may be spreading undetected More than half of the mpox cases reported in Guinea-Bissau have been among children, local…