# Comoros — national dossier

Comoros — economy, society, governance, health, education, technology, geography and resources in one sourced dossier: 38 indicators, each with its…

Canonical: https://terralore.co/country/COM
Updated: 2026-08-14 (latest domain refresh; each figure carries its own observation year)

## Overview

- Official name: Union of the Comoros
- Capital: Moroni
- Region: Eastern Africa, Africa
- Population: 851,000
- Area: 1,862 km²
- Languages: Arabic, French, Comorian
- Currency: Comorian franc (KMF)

A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Each figure shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation.

## Economy

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $1.8 B | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| GDP per capita | $2,056 | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| GDP growth | 3.8% | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| Inflation | 3.2% | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| Trade openness | 40.9% | 2025 | World Development Indicators |

## Society

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 883,000 | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| Life expectancy | 67.0 yrs | 2024 | World Development Indicators |
| Urban population | 33.9% | 2025 | World Development Indicators |
| Fertility rate | 3.8 | 2024 | World Development Indicators |
| Literacy rate | 75.6% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |

## Governance

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voice & accountability | 35.2 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Political stability | 62.1 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Government effectiveness | 27.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Regulatory quality | 35.2 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Rule of law | 37.5 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |
| Control of corruption | 24.8 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) |

## Health

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health spending | 6.6% | 2023 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) |
| Physicians | 0.42 | 2022 | Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) |
| Under-5 mortality | 39.0 | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) |
| Measles immunisation | 70.0% | 2024 | Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) |

## Education

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 75.6% | 2021 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |
| Education spending | 2.3% | 2023 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |
| Primary enrolment | 97.0% | 2024 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |
| Secondary enrolment | 54.8% | 2022 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |
| Tertiary enrolment | 18.8% | 2017 | Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) |

## Technology

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 32.5% | 2024 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) |
| Mobile subscriptions | 110 | 2023 | ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) |
| High-tech exports | 3.1% | 2023 | World Development Indicators |

## Geography

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land area | 1,861 km² | 2023 | World Development Indicators |
| Forest area | 17.0% | 2023 | World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural land | 71.5% | 2023 | World Development Indicators |
| CO₂ per capita (t) | 0.5 | 2024 | World Development Indicators |
| Renewable energy | 39.3% | 2022 | World Development Indicators |

## Resources

| Metric | Value | Observed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resource rents | 1.6% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |
| Oil rents | 0.0% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |
| Mineral rents | 0.0% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |
| Forest rents | 1.6% | 2021 | World Development Indicators |
| Electricity access | 91.7% | 2024 | World Development Indicators |

Every metric above is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/<metric>.md).

Machine-readable claims — every figure above as an addressable claim ID (TL:COM:<metric>:<year>) with value, source, license and a ready citation string: https://terralore.co/country/COM.claims.json

History: "An Indian Ocean archipelago of Swahili-Muslim sultanates, drawn into the spice and slave trades, colonised by France, and independent since 1975 amid coups, secessions and an unresolved dispute over Mayotte." — the sourced chronicle is at https://terralore.co/country/COM/chronicle.md (6 eras, 28 events).

## Sources

- World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://data.worldbank.org
- Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators
- Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.who.int/data/gho
- Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://childmortality.org
- Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://uis.unesco.org
- ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics

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