International Rankings of Comoros 2024, 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	0.10	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	193	1066	2020
Internet users - percent of population	95	27.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	177	221400	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	1.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	195	7370	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	104.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	166	853449	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	203	228.000 million US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	205	223.000 million US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	87	6.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	76	6.145 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	191	199.800 million US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	32	415.96	N/A
Exports	204	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	17.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	46	20.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	9	92.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	100	47.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	87	20.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	70	3.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	5	47.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	157	11.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	171	40.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	23	45 %	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	1	55.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2004
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	42	0.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	206	407.000 million US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	150	0.25 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	163	1.00 %	2017
Labor force	175	219900 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	29	42 %	2013
Public debt	156	32.40 % 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	154	3200 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	15	19	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	177	329.672 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	43	25.30 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	70	9.45 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	73	21.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	52	21.80 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	60	21.70 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	192	326000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	193	326000	2019
Electricity - consumption	194	96.248 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	196	35000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	193	6.048 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	31	83	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	28	88	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	1	100	2021
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	169	5.346 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	181	2200 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	198	1241 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	111	14 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	4	84	2018
Land use - arable land	9	47	2018
Land use - forest	172	1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	7	30	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	118	8	2018
Revenue from forest resources	46	1 % 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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	159	30	2023
Geography
Area - land	180	2235 sq km	N/A
Area - total	182	2235 sq km	N/A
Coastline	126	340 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	88	2360 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	156	1 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	4	84	2018
Land use - arable land	9	47	2018
Land use - forest	172	1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	7	30	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	118	8	2018
Population Density	34	397.48 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	53	22.10 births/1,000 population	2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate	114	19.40 %	2012
Current health expenditure	63	5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	54	61 %	2023
Death rate	63	6.50 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	122	7.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	51	13.30 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	38	74.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	40	66.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	23	97 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	62	12 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	48	9 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	42	3 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	60	3 % of GDP	2015
Gross reproduction rate	48	1.33 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	18	45.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	9	66.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	14	56.00 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	115	70 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	120	65 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	118	68 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	100	57 %	2021
Literacy - male	83	67 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	92	62 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	42	217.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	136	23 years	N/A
Median age - male	135	22 years	N/A
Median age - total	126	22 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	54	23	2012
Net migration rate	80	2.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	118	7.80 %	2016
Physicians density	137	0.26 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	164	888378	2023
Population growth rate	63	1.34 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	83	62 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	35	56 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	20	51 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	12	38 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	16	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	31	0.92 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.78 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	60	2.69 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	43	2.97	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	159	30	2023
Transportation
Airports	122	3	2024
Merchant marine - total	56	273	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	93	9.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Roadways - paved	104	673 km	2019
Roadways - total	119	849 km	2019

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Comoros 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Comoros 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.