International Rankings of Comoros 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Comoros, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Comoros, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	0.1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	193	1066	2020
Internet users - percent of population	95	27 %	2021
Internet users - total	177	221400	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	186	7431	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	104	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	164	853449	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	203	228.000 million US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	205	223.000 million US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	87	6.5 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	75	6.145 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	191	199.800 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	202	139.575 million US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	203	1.186 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	161	17.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	46	20.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	9	92.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	100	47.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	87	20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	70	3.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	5	47.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	157	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	171	40.5 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	23	45.3 %	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	1	55.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2004
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	42	0.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	205	407.000 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	149	0.25 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	162	1 %	2017
Labor force	175	219900 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	7	80 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	70	20 %	1996
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	29	42.4 %	2013
Public debt	151	32.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	193	2.653 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	147	2.11 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	158	3200 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	177	329.672 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	43	25.3 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	70	9.45 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	73	21.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	60	21.7	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	192	326000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	194	96.248 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	196	35000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	193	6.048 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	169	5.346 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	181	2200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	198	1241 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	174	0.2 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	173	0.19 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	104	18.6 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	4	84.4	2018
Land use - arable land	9	46.7	2018
Land use - forest	172	1.4	2018
Land use - other	147	14.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	7	29.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	118	8.1	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	46	1.39 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	160	1.200 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	131	4.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	104	500000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	113	4.800 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	43	2.97	2025
Urbanization - urban population	159	30.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	181	2235 sq km	0
Area - total	181	2235 sq km	0
Area - water	201	0179 sq km	0
Coastline	126	340 km	0
Elevation - highest point	93	2360 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	156	1.3 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	4	84.4	2018
Land use - arable land	9	46.7	2018
Land use - forest	172	1.4	2018
Land use - other	147	14.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	7	29.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	118	8.1	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	148	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	128	0.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	158	0.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	89	0.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	54	22.06 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	25	16.9 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	114	19.4 %	2012
Current health expenditure	63	5.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	54	61.2 %	2023
Death rate	123	6.49 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	122	7.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	51	13.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	38	74.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	40	66.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	23	97.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	62	11.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	48	8.9 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	42	2.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	60	2.6 % of GDP	2015
Gross reproduction rate	47	1.33 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	17	45.7 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	9	66.02 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	13	56.01 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	169	69.87 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	176	65.2 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	171	67.5 years	0
Literacy - female	100	56.9 %	2021
Literacy - male	83	67 %	0
Literacy - total population	92	62 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	42	217 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	140	21.5 years	2020
Median age - male	133	20.2 years	0
Median age - total	133	20.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	54	23	2012
Net migration rate	142	2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	118	7.8 %	2016
Physicians density	137	0.26 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	165	888378	2023
Population growth rate	62	1.34 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	83	62.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	35	56.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	20	51 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	12	37.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2014
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	16	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	31	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	52	11.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	66	29.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	68	20.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	56	2.69 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	43	2.97	2025
Urbanization - urban population	159	30.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	73	21.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.8	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	60	21.7	0
Transportation
Airports	119	4	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	61	248	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	93	9	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	135	673 km	2002
Roadways - total	164	880 km	2002
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Comoros on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Comoros 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Comoros 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.