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Comoros

Official language: Arabic, French
Currency: Comoros Franc
Capital City: Moroni
Area: 2235km²
Subregional membership(s): East Africa, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), Least developed countires, Island countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)

850.9K

₂₀₁₉

Mid-year population

1.1B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

Under five mortality rate

99.4

₂₀₁₇

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	21.78	21.69	21.60	21.33	20.97	20.61	20.34	19.98	19.71	19.44
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	24.03	24.03	24.03	24.03	24.39	24.39	24.39
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	575.0	578.3	581.5	584.3	586.7	589.0	591.0	593.1	595.1	597.1
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	545.8	548.8	551.6	554.0	556.2	558.2	559.9	561.6	563.3	564.9
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	560.2	563.3	566.3	568.9	571.2	573.3	575.2	577.1	578.9	580.8
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)					31.14		31.14
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)					42.30		37.17
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)					57.96		52.47
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)					77.58		74.70
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)					93.96		93.06
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)					97.02		98.10
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)					95.40		94.95
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)					89.46		88.74
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)					79.11		79.74
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)					31.59		31.50
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)					64.08		66.06
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)					48.78		51.30
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)					35.73		37.98
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)					55.80		63.00
Population - Female (%)	446.67	446.58
Population - Female (thousands)	3,153	3,230	3,308	3,388	3,468	3,549	3,630	3,712	3,795
Population - Male (thousands)	3,206	3,285	3,365	3,447	3,529	3,611	3,695	3,779	3,863
Population - Total (thousands)	6,359	6,515	6,674	6,835	6,997	7,160	7,325	7,491	7,658
Population - Urban (%)	252.00	252.90	253.80	254.70	256.50	257.40	259.20	261.00	262.80
Population - Urban (%)	252.00	252.90	253.80	254.70	256.50	257.40	259.20
Population - Urban (thousands)	1,782	1,836	1,881	1,935	1,989	2,052	2,106
Total fertility rate (per woman)	42.2	41.7	41.0	40.4	39.8	39.2	38.5	37.9	37.3	36.6

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Health Organization

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 adolescent women aged 15-19 - Female (per 1,000 population)	630.0
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	3,384	3,285	3,186	3,096	3,015
Percentage of children under-five and underweight (%)		152.10
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	828.00	828.00	828.00	828.00
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)		152.10
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	783.00	765.00	738.00
Proportion of population using improved drinking water source - Total (%)	810.00	810.00	810.00	810.00	810.00
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	306.00	306.00	315.00	324.00	324.00
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	749.7	728.1	704.7	683.1	661.5

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)		383.76	648.09		663.48
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)		508.32	729.90		736.29
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)		442.80	688.95		699.84
Gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (ratio)				6.8
Gender parity index of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained (ratio)	6.6
Gender parity index of teachers in primary education who are trained (ratio)			9.5
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	876.24		934.02	910.80			875.16
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	1,036		991.53	977.58			914.22
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	972.18		963.27	944.73			895.05
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)			549.99	568.26			514.89
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)			530.01	531.90			484.83
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)			539.82	549.81			499.59
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)	62.55	72.45	73.17	72.45
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)	79.56	83.79	84.33	89.19
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)	80.55	78.21	78.84	80.91
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)	440.55		535.41				440.10
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)		626.40
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)		664.29
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)		644.22	781.29		787.95
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	39.6	41.4	41.4	41.4
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)			739.98	712.98			710.46
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)			782.55	741.87			726.39
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)			761.67	727.65			718.56
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)			413.64	419.85			403.29
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)			386.28	386.55			370.80
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)			399.78	402.93			386.82
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%)				438.39
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Female (%)				373.68
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Male (%)				500.85
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)	249.8		250.3				170.1
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)			78.4	77.6			47.8
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)	218.7	226.4	231.8	236.8
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)	7.4		8.2
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)			9.0
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)	6.8	7.6
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)		9.72
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	52.6		56.6	55.4			53.5
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	62.1		60.2	59.5			55.9
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	57.4		58.5	57.5			54.7
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)			39.4	41.0			36.5
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)			38.2	38.4			34.5
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)			38.8	39.7			35.5
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)	3.2	3.6	3.7	3.6
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.5
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)	3.6	3.9	4.0	4.1
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)			702.27
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)			581.76
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)			638.10

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	3,254	3,501	3,721	3,831	3,945	4,087	4,253
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)	9.2	9.1	10.0	10.3	8.9	9.2	9.7

Prices

Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100	916.56	974.43	932.58	1,003	1,002	1,010	1,011	1,028	1,066
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)	16.56	56.79	-38.61	67.95	-1.08	7.20	0.81	15.30	33.30
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year	43.65	8.91	-22.05	46.98	24.03	-12.96	12.96	5.67	56.25
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period	16.56	56.79	-38.61	67.95	-1.08	7.20	0.81	15.30	33.30
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	43.74	8.82	31.32	0.00	18.36	7.20	17.46
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	1,464	1,478	1,530	1,530	1,561	1,573	1,604

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)						0.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)		252	261	261	270	279	288
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	369	369	369
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	491.4	515.97	541.8	540	558	585	612
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	45	45	48.15	45	45	45	54
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)		252.00	234.00	234.00	243.00	270.00	297.00
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	216.0	216.0	225.0	234.0	234.0	243.0
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	536.76	561.33	590.22	585.27	612	630	666

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	336.6	326.7
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	381.15	395.01
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	379.8	353.7
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	171.0
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)		205.2	197.1	205.2	212.4	241.2	252.0
Overnight stays (thousands)		1,431	1,377	1,377	1,431	1,692
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)	2.8						6.7	6.9
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	94.95	90.90	82.26	85.05	80.82		75.60
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	116.01	112.32	103.77	98.10	93.24		87.30

Transport

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Paved Road (% of total) (%)

Information society

United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (%)	0.54	1.53	1.62	1.89	2.34
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (%)		0.09			0.09
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	29.52	29.88	27.90	27.81	16.92	14.76	18.99	11.16	10.62
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	49.50	53.82	58.50	62.82	67.14	71.46	76.32
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	1,947,942	2,551,599	3,127,500	3,447,000	3,823,074	4,089,501	4,220,226
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	275.67	352.53	421.74	453.96	491.76	513.99	518.49	539.46	608.40
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (thousands)		0.6			0.9
Number of fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (thousands)	3.6	11.1	11.7	14.2	18.0
Proportion of individuals using the Internet (%)	49.50	53.82	58.50	62.82	67.14
Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)
Total official development assistance for biodiversity, by recipient - US dollars (billions)	1.2		31.1	30.2	0.1

International trade

International Road Federation

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Deposit rate (%) (%)	15.75	15.75	15.75	15.75	15.75
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	3,185	3,446	3,335	3,337	3,992
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	3,185	3,446	3,334	3,333	3,991	4,000	3,919	3,749	3,955
Interest rate - Lending (%)	94.50	94.50	94.50	94.50	94.50

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	34.3	118.8	4.9	5.9	65.3	40.0	16.8
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA - Per capita (US dollars)	705.06	1,263	985.95	888.3	761.49	608.04	738.99
Net ODA - US dollars (millions)	498.2	914.5	731.1	674.6	592.0	483.8	601.5
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	411.66	383.22	163.98	195.30	217.26	250.11	286.20	280.80	315.72

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Capital Account net - US dollars (billions)	0.5	0.5
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	-54.45	-49.77	-63.18	-56.97	0.09	-66.96	-44.01
Current account balance - US dollars (millions)	-498.8	-370.3	-414.0	-387.0	27.0	-414.0	-288.0
Errors and omissions - US dollars (millions)	97.6	56.1
Financial Account net - US dollars (millions)	1.2	1.1
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	207.8	93.7	38.1	42.1	46.3	72.1	77.5
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	743.4	837.1	875.2	917.3	963.6	1,036
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	743.4	837.1	875.2	917.3	963.6	1,036
Portfolio Investment (Net) - US dollars (millions)
Primary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-7.1	-15.2
Secondary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	1,374	1,734
Services Balance - US dollars (millions)	-302.9	-304.0
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)				-353.70
Trade balance - US dollars (millions)	-1,563.1	-1,785.0
Workers remittances (Net) - US dollars (millions)	964.2	984.4

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)	1,419
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)	1.44
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	0.90	0.90	0.90
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)					179.10
Land area covered by forest (%)

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