Burkina Faso IBAN validator
How the IBAN format works
- Format
- BF + 2 check digits + 2-character bank code + 22 digits (28 chars) — used in practice, not in the official SWIFT IBAN registry
- Example
- BF33BF0000000000000000100004
Things to watch for
- Burkina Faso is not in the official SWIFT IBAN registry — this 28-character format is used in practice by Burkinabé banks, not formally standardized by SWIFT/ECBS
- Burkina Faso shares its central bank, BCEAO, and the West African CFA franc (XOF) with 7 other West African countries — none of which are in the official SWIFT registry either
- Checks format and checksum only — does not confirm the account exists or is held at a real Burkinabé bank
^BF[0-9]{2}[A-Z0-9]{2}[0-9]{22}$A Burkinabé IBAN-style account number is 28 characters: “BF”, two check digits, a 2-character bank code, then 22 digits — for example BF33BF0000000000000000100004. Burkina Faso, landlocked and bordered by six countries in the West African interior, is not in the official SWIFT/ECBS IBAN registry, but it shares its central bank — BCEAO, the Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest — and the West African CFA franc (XOF) with seven neighbors, several of which also border it directly: Mali, Niger, and Côte d’Ivoire among them.
Because BCEAO sets banking infrastructure across all eight member states, Burkina Faso’s account-number format follows the same 28-character, 2-character-code-plus-22-digit shape used region-wide, even though none of the eight has gone through formal SWIFT registration.
How this validator works
This tool checks the “BF” prefix, confirms a 2-character code precedes exactly 22 digits, and runs the mod-97 checksum (ISO 7064) the number must satisfy — entirely in your browser, with nothing sent to a server.
What a pass doesn’t tell you
A pass confirms the 28 characters are internally consistent — not that an account exists, or that Burkina Faso has formal SWIFT IBAN registration. This tool performs no lookup against BCEAO or any Burkinabé bank.
Scope: format and mod-97 checksum validation only, for a locally used but non-SWIFT-registered format — not payment processing or account confirmation.
Content last reviewed 2026-08-10.
IBAN FAQ
Is Burkina Faso an official SWIFT IBAN country?
No. Burkina Faso is not in the official SWIFT/ECBS IBAN registry. Like the other seven countries under the BCEAO central bank, its banks use a 28-character IBAN-shaped account number that passes the standard mod-97 checksum without SWIFT cataloguing it.
What does a Burkinabé IBAN-style number look like?
28 characters: 'BF', two check digits, a 2-character bank code, and 22 digits — for example BF33BF0000000000000000100004.
Does a valid checksum confirm the account is real?
No. It confirms the 28 characters are mathematically self-consistent under mod-97, entirely client-side. Confirming the account itself requires the account-holder's bank or Burkina Faso's national payment system, neither of which this tool queries.