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Policy rate 3.00% Taux directeur (principal) · 16 Mar 2026
Headline inflation 5.40% stale Jan 2025
FX premium +0.73% week -2.62%
Latest T-bill not yet covered

Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

Series Per US$1 As of Source
Official 579.75 25 Sep 2026, 00:00 UTC BCEAO
Marketparallel 583.99 27 Sep 2026, 00:25 UTC Bybit P2P
Premium +0.73% week -2.62% market vs official

Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

49055562020142017202020232025

Premium history · since Aug 2026 · our collectors

0.6%2%3.4%Aug 2026Sep 2026

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

Instrument Rate Effective Source
BCEAO Taux directeur (principal) 3.00% 16 Mar 2026 BCEAO

As of 12 Sep 2026, 01:10 UTC

Inflation

Series YoY Period Source
Headline stale 5.40% Jan 2025 Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

not yet covered

Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

16 of 26 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

2.2M · 2025

1.7M1.9M2.2M201520172019202120232025

↑ 508,393 since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$3,293 · 2025

$1,700$2,500$3,300201520172019202120232025

↑ $1,837 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

3.6% · 2025

0.6%2.1%3.6%201520172019202120232025

↑ 5.2 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

64.3 years · 2024

5961.564201420162018202020222024

↑ 4.8 years since 2014

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Child mortality

67.3 per 1,000 · 2024

678195201420162018202020222024

↓ 27.9 since 2014

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Internet users

29.8% · 2024

3.3%16.6%30%201420162018202020222024

↑ 26.5 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

8.6% · 2025

6.4%8.7%11%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.7 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

43.7% · 2024

17%30.5%44%201420162018202020222024

↑ 26.5 pts since 2014

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Poverty ($3/day)

39.9% · 2021

37%38.5%40%2018201920202021

↑ 2.8 pts since 2018

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National poverty line

50.5% · 2021

47%48.5%50%2018201920202021

↑ 2.8 pts since 2018

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Adult literacy

63.9% · 2022

54%59%64%2019202020212022

↑ 9 pts since 2019

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Debt service / exports

13.3% · 2024

2%12.5%23%201420162018202020222024

↑ 11.1 pts since 2014

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Exports of goods and services

$280.4M · 2024

$210M$295M$380M201420162018202020222024

↑ $67.5M since 2014

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GDP growth

5.8% · 2025

2.8%4.5%6.1%201520172019202120232025

↑ 4.9 pts since 2014

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GDP

$2.5B · 2025

$1.1B$1.8B$2.5B201520172019202120232025

↑ $1.4B since 2014

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Unemployment

2.7% · 2025

2.4%2.8%3.2%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.6 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$26.7M · 2024

$15M$43.5M$72M201420162018202020222024

↓ $2.2M since 2014

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Remittances

$217.2M · 2024

$84M$152M$220M201420162018202020222024

↑ $124.8M since 2014

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External debt

$1.4B · 2024

$390M$895M$1.4B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1B since 2014

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Agriculture share of GDP

40.6% · 2025

31%36%41%201520172019202120232025

↑ 5.8 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

39.1% · 2025

38%43%48%201520172019202120232025

↓ 4.7 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

22.3% · 2025

16%20.5%25%201520172019202120232025

↑ 3.9 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

130.50 · 2024

90.00110.00130.00201420162018202020222024

↑ 36.10 since 2014

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FX reserves

not available

Lending rate

5.3% · 2016

5.1%5.2%5.3%201420152016

↓ 0 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

6.9% · 2016

6.9%7.1%7.3%201420152016

↓ 0.3 pts since 2014

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Gini index

33.40 · 2021

33.0034.0035.002018201920202021

↓ 1.40 since 2018

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Health expenditure

8.8% · 2023

7%8.5%10%2014201820202023

↓ 1.1 pts since 2014

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Physicians

0.3 per 1,000 · 2022

0.10.20.3201520192022

↑ 0.1 since 2015

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Tertiary enrollment

not available

Tourist arrivals

52,400 · 2019

36,00045,50055,000201420152016201720182019

↑ 16,300 since 2014

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Account ownership

not available

Exports per capita derived

$127.38 · 2024

$110$155$200201420162018202020222024

↑ $5.11 since 2014

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Median age

18.9 years · 2023

1718192014201820202023

↑ 1.5 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

13.7% · 2026

13%16%19%201620182020202220242026

↓ 6.8 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

73.6% · 2026

51%66.5%82%20142017202020232026

↑ 13.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

CFA1.2T · 2026

CFA330BCFA765BCFA1.2T20142017202020232026

↑ CFA884.9B since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

-6.3% · 2026

-9%0%2%20142017202020232026

↓ 6.8 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-4% · 2026

-9.7%-5.5%-1.3%20142017202020232026

↓ 1.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.25 · 2025

0.250.400.54201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.19 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

$280.4M · 2024

$210M$295M$380M201420162018202020222024

↑ $67.5M since 2014

Imports

$611.9M · 2024

$330M$470M$610M201420162018202020222024

↑ $281.3M since 2014

Balance derived

−$331.5M · 2024

$-340M$-194.5M$-49M201420162018202020222024

↓ $213.8M since 2014

Top exports · 2018

Products

  1. Edible fruit and nuts $167.8M · 68.5%
  2. Wood and wood articles $77M · 31.5%

Partners

  1. India $108.1M · 44.2%
  2. China $71.3M · 29.1%
  3. Singapore $43.7M · 17.8%
  4. Vietnam $15M · 6.1%
  5. United Arab Emirates $4.2M · 1.7%
  6. Netherlands $1.5M · 0.6%
  7. Hong Kong $960,250 · 0.4%

Top imports · 2018

Products

  1. Cereals $30.9M · 18.7%
  2. Mineral fuels $28.9M · 17.4%
  3. Beverages, spirits, vinegar $12.1M · 7.3%
  4. Electrical machinery and equipment $11.5M · 6.9%
  5. Vehicles other than railway $10M · 6.0%
  6. Salt, earths, stone, cement $9.1M · 5.5%
  7. Milling products $7M · 4.2%
  8. Machinery and mechanical appliances $6.6M · 4.0%
  9. Iron and steel $4.7M · 2.9%
  10. Dairy, eggs, honey $3.9M · 2.4%

Partners

  1. Portugal $63.4M · 38.3%
  2. Senegal $28.4M · 17.1%
  3. Pakistan $14.5M · 8.7%
  4. China $9.3M · 5.6%
  5. Netherlands $8.7M · 5.3%
  6. India $7.2M · 4.4%
  7. Gambia $6.2M · 3.7%
  8. Brazil $3.2M · 1.9%
  9. Türkiye $2.8M · 1.7%
  10. Spain $2.7M · 1.6%

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