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Guinean Franc
GNFGuinea · Issued by Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+8.12%
10y M2 change
+348%
M69 Score
32.3
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
64.59T GNF
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+8.12%
World Bank · annual
Country
Guinea
ISO 4217 · GNF
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Guinean Franc M2 money supply
Broad money in GNF (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Guinean Franc inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Guinea. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Guinean Franc be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 GNF in 2005 buys today
1.01 GNFworth of goods
Lost 99% of purchasing power since 2005.
To match 2005 purchasing power, you need today
9,895.5 GNF
38 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:14:37
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- GIN
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/GNF
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Guinean Franc?+
The Guinean Franc (GNF) is issued by Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée. As the monetary authority for Guinea, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Guinean Franc?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Guinean Franc: 8.12% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Guinean Franc been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 348% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between GNF as accounting unit and GNF as a store of value.
Is the Guinean Franc sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Guinean Franc currently scores 32.3. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Guinean Franc compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.