Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Exchange Rates
Official foreign-exchange reference rates published by Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, the central bank of West Africa (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin, Togo). Parfeed sources BCEAO's 24 XOF currency pairs directly from the bank and delivers them through one clean REST API — updated every business day, traceable to the official source.
Home currency
XOF
Currency pairs
24
Region
Africa
Country
West Africa (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin, Togo)
Currency pairs published by BCEAO
Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest publishes official XOF reference rates for the 24 currency pairs below, last updated 2026-06-04. Live rate values are available through the API on a paid plan that includes BCEAO — see pricing.
Rates are quoted directly — the price of one unit of each currency in XOF (1 foreign = X XOF).
Access BCEAO rates via API
Pull Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest's rates programmatically from the Parfeed exchange rate API:
curl "https://api.parfeed.com/v1/rates?bank=BCEAO" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY"
See the full API documentation. BCEAO is available on Pro and higher.
Bank holidays 2026
7 non-publishing daysBanque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest does not publish exchange rates on these days. Rates roll over to the previous business day.
New Year's Day
Thursday, Jan 1
Eid al-Fitr
Friday, Mar 20
Labour Day
Friday, May 1
Eid al-Adha
Wednesday, May 27
Islamic New Year
nextTuesday, Jun 16
Prophet's Birthday
Tuesday, Aug 25
Plus member-state national holidays
vary by country
Other central banks in Africa
Browse all 95+ central banks, explore live rates, or read about the official source at www.bceao.int.