Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Central African CFA Franc (XAF)
- Symbol
- FCFA — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 0
- Formatted example
- FCFA 123.457
- Thousands separator
- .
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- No central-bank source publishes XAF yet
Watch out: XAF has no minor unit. Treating it like a two-decimal currency overcharges by 100×.
Tax
- 5% — basic consumables
Payment methods in Equatorial Guinea
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 cash on delivery
- 02 muni dinero
- 03 bank transfer
- 04 card
Card schemes that work domestically: gimac, visa. 3-D Secure is not standard; strong customer authentication is not legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- es-GQ
- Also used
- fr-GQ, pt-GQ
- Official languages
- Spanish, French, Portuguese
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- no
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +240
- Mobile format
- +240 222 XXX XXX
- Digits
- 9
Equatorial Guinea: common questions
What currency does Equatorial Guinea use?
Equatorial Guinea uses the Central African CFA Franc (XAF), symbol FCFA. It has no minor unit — amounts are whole numbers, so FCFA 123.457 is a complete price.
How many decimal places does XAF have?
XAF has 0 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the VAT rate in Equatorial Guinea?
The standard VAT rate in Equatorial Guinea is 15.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Equatorial Guinea?
The methods that matter in Equatorial Guinea, in rough order of use: cash on delivery, muni dinero, bank transfer, card.
What is the dialling code for Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea's country calling code is +240. Mobile numbers are formatted +240 222 XXX XXX (9 digits after the country code).
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