Currency of West Africa: West African CFA franc, today's rate Fr
The West African CFA Franc is the currency used in the following 7 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Guinea-Bissau. The code of West African CFA franc is XOF. We use Fr as symbol of West African CFA franc. The West African CFA Franc is divided in 100 centimes. XOF is regulated by Central Bank of West African .
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- the West African CFA franc was introduced in 24 Nov 1958 (66 years ago).
- There are 9 coins for the West African CFA franc ( Fr1 , Fr5 , Fr10 , Fr25 , Fr50 , Fr100 , Fr200 , Fr250 and Fr500 ),
- the West African CFA franc has 5 banknotes ( Fr500 , Fr1000 , Fr2000 , Fr5000 and Fr10000 )
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XOF-XAF: The CFA franc, another French currency
The CFA franc is still used today in 14 African states and 3 French collectivities in the Pacific:
- 8 countries have common banknotes and use the specific code XOF: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo
- 6 countries have their own banknotes and use the specific code XAF: Cameroun, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Chad and Gabon
- the 3 French collectivities: French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia use the code XPF.
The XOF and the XAF are on the same par.
The CFA franc was founded on December 26, 1945, the day when France ratified the Bretton Woods Accords to restore French monetary authority in these regions at the time. 1 French franc was worth 50 CFA francs at the time.
CFA stands for «Communauté Financière Africaine» (African Financial Community)
In 1958, the CFA franc became the «franc of the French Community of Africa». With the wave of independence, the CFA franc wavered for «ideological» reasons, but the listing of the French franc required the countries to keep the monetary system.
Nowadays for XOF countries, CFA stands for the franc of the «African Financial Community», but for XAF countries, it means «Financial Cooperation in Central Africa».
XOF All currencies
XOF/currency | Converter | |
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West African CFA franc to Burundian franc | 1 XOF = 4.7495 BIF | |
West African CFA franc to Mauritanian ouguiya | 1 XOF = 0.5910 MRO | |
West African CFA franc to Sierra Leonean leone | 1 XOF = 34.8108 SLL | |
West African CFA franc to South African rand | 1 XOF = 0.0311 ZAR | |
West African CFA franc to Swedish krona | 1 XOF = 0.0172 SEK | |
West African CFA franc to Singapore dollar | 1 XOF = 0.0022 SGD | |
West African CFA franc to Ugandan shilling | 1 XOF = 6.4485 UGX | |
West African CFA franc to Congolese franc | 1 XOF = 4.6084 CDF | |
West African CFA franc to Zambian kwacha | 1 XOF = 0.0416 ZMW | |
West African CFA franc to Indian rupee | 1 XOF = 0.1376 INR | |
West African CFA franc to Bangladeshi taka | 1 XOF = 0.1823 BDT | |
West African CFA franc to Pakistani rupee | 1 XOF = 0.4640 PKR | |
West African CFA franc to British pound | 1 XOF = 0.0013 GBP |
All currencies XOF
Major currencies
currency | ISO 4217 |
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Indian rupee | INR |
US dollar | USD |
Bangladeshi taka | BDT |
Pakistani rupee | PKR |
British pound | GBP |
UAE dirham | AED |
euro | EUR |
Saudi riyal | SAR |
Malaysian ringgit | MYR |
Nigerian naira | NGN |