Guinea has been moved from category 7 to category 6 by the participants in the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, according to their table updated on 16 October 2026 and published on the OECD website.
The improvement concerns one parameter of the cost of cover for certain international trade transactions. The country's risk category feeds into the calculation of the minimum premiums that export credit agencies must apply to cover the risk of non-repayment.
For Guinean companies buying equipment or goods abroad with financing under this scheme, the ranking therefore affects the terms of credit cover. Its scope remains transactions backed by public export support, not all borrowing by the state or companies.
The assessment looks at the country's ability to repay its external debt. It also takes into account restrictions that could prevent currency conversion or the transfer of foreign exchange to a foreign creditor, as well as risks linked in particular to conflict, expropriation and civil disturbance.
The ranking is established by a group of experts from the export credit agencies of participating countries. The OECD provides administrative support. The group combines a quantitative model based on payment experience and financial, economic and institutional situations with a qualitative assessment of its results.