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Comoros

Headline economic indicators for Comoros, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Comoros
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 3.2% -1.80 (-35.7%)
Consumer price index · 157.9 +4.97 (+3.2%)
GDP deflator inflation · 4.3% -1.91 (-30.7%)

GDP

GDP — Comoros
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 3.8% +0.45 (+13.7%)
GDP per capita · 2,055.76 +197.89 (+10.7%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 1,900 +14.34 (+0.8%)
GDP · 1,814,920,856.27 +204,838,168 (+12.7%)
GDP, PPP · 3,741,736,304 +233,667,202 (+6.7%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 4,238 +190.31 (+4.7%)
GDP per capita growth · 1.8% +0.48 (+35.4%)
GNI per capita · 1,950 +220.00 (+12.7%)
Agriculture to GDP · 36.6% +0.51 (+1.4%)
Industry to GDP · 9.9% +0.17 (+1.7%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 7.2% +0.01 (+0.1%)
Services to GDP · 48.8% -0.53 (-1.1%)
Household consumption to GDP · 101.4% -0.73 (-0.7%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 11.8% -0.15 (-1.2%)
Gross savings to GDP · 12.0% -0.94 (-7.2%)

Labour

Labour — Comoros
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 3.8% +0.00 (+0.1%)
Labour force participation rate · 55.8% +0.38 (+0.7%)
Female labour force participation rate · 47.6% +0.52 (+1.1%)
Youth unemployment rate · 8.8% -0.06 (-0.7%)
Employment to population ratio · 53.6% +0.37 (+0.7%)
Employment in agriculture · 33.6% -0.51 (-1.5%)
Employment in industry · 14.8% +0.02 (+0.1%)
Employment in services · 51.6% +0.49 (+1.0%)

Money

Money — Comoros
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 0.0% -7.44 (-99.3%)
Broad money to GDP · 36.1% +3.00 (+9.1%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 15.3% -1.28 (-7.7%)
Lending rate · 8.0% +0.16 (+2.0%)
Bank deposit rate · 2.1% +0.31 (+17.9%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 14.1% -2.01 (-12.5%)
Official exchange rate · 435.38 -19.15 (-4.2%)

Trade

Trade — Comoros
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -1.7% -1.27 (-309.5%)
Exports to GDP · 9.3% +0.07 (+0.7%)
Imports to GDP · 31.6% -0.66 (-2.1%)
Trade to GDP · 40.9% -0.60 (-1.4%)
Exports of goods and services · 168,747,748.1 +20,115,287 (+13.5%)
Imports of goods and services · 573,286,720.63 +54,046,654 (+10.4%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -355,581,804.77 -41,345,754 (-13.2%)
Current account balance (annual) · -24,621,420.95 -19,373,386 (-369.2%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 0.5% +0.07 (+15.0%)
Remittances received to GDP · 20.8% -1.18 (-5.4%)
Total reserves, including gold · 409,067,424.5 +85,121,838 (+26.3%)
Reserves in months of imports · 7.6 +0.60 (+8.5%)
External debt to GNI · 24.8% -1.74 (-6.5%)

Government

Government — Comoros
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 9.0% +0.15 (+1.6%)
Education spending to GDP · 2.3% -0.09 (-3.7%)
Health spending to GDP · 6.6% -1.92 (-22.7%)

Demography

Demography — Comoros
Indicator Value Change
Population · 882,847 +16,219 (+1.9%)
Population, long-run history · 885 +16.02 (+1.8%)
Population growth · 1.9% -0.04 (-2.0%)
Life expectancy · 67.0 +0.25 (+0.4%)
Fertility rate · 3.82 -0.06 (-1.4%)
Birth rate · 28.2 -0.42 (-1.5%)
Death rate · 7.1 -0.07 (-1.0%)
Urban population share · 33.9% +0.40 (+1.2%)
Population aged 65 and over · 4.5% -0.02 (-0.4%)
Under-five mortality rate · 39.0 -1.20 (-3.0%)
Population density · 463.5 +6.56 (+1.4%)
Net migration · -2,127 -76.00 (-3.7%)
Gini index · 30.3 -3.90 (-11.4%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.

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