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Comoros

Union of the Comoros

Arabic, French, Comorian Comorian Franc (KMF) Mixed: Islamic law, French civil law, customary law
AU, SADC, Arab League, AfCFTA, OIC

The Comoros is a small Indian Ocean archipelago nation with limited economic diversification. The economy depends on agriculture (vanilla, ylang-ylang essential oil, cloves), fishing, and remittances from the large diaspora (particularly in France). Comoros is one of the world's largest producers of ylang-ylang oil used in perfumery. Tourism potential exists but remains largely undeveloped. Challenges include political instability (over 20 coups or attempted coups since independence), inter-island rivalries, limited infrastructure, and isolation. The Comorian franc is pegged to the euro.

Snapshot

Population~0.9 MWorld Bank, 2025
GDP (current USD)$1.8 BWorld Bank, 2025
GDP per Capita$2,056World Bank, 2025
GDP Growth3.75%World Bank, 2025
Inflation (y/y)~3.25%World Bank, 2025
Unemployment3.82%World Bank, ILO modelled estimate, 2025
Internet Use~32.52%World Bank, 2024
Electrification~86.00%World Bank WDI
CPI Score (Rank)20.0/100 (#162)Transparency Intl
HDI (Rank)0.558 (#156)UNDP HDR

World Bank Indicators Compare with another country

GDP (current USD)$1.8 BWorld Bank, 2025
GDP growth (annual)3.75%World Bank, 2025
GDP per capita (USD)$2,056World Bank, 2025
Population, total882,847World Bank, 2025
FDI net inflows (USD)$7.1 MWorld Bank, 2024
Inflation (consumer prices)3.25%World Bank, 2025
Unemployment (% labour force)3.82%World Bank, 2025
Internet use (% of people)32.52%World Bank, 2024
Trade (% of GDP)40.89%World Bank, 2025

Climate Readiness Full ranking

51out of 100
Emerging
Climate adaptation readiness for Comoros, from 5 of 5 measured indicators.
Energy access8686.0% · 30% weight
Governance readiness2020 / 100 CPI · 20% weight
Human readiness560.558 HDI · 20% weight
Economic readiness49$2,056, 2025 · 15% weight
Digital readiness2121.0% · 15% weight
This scores climate adaptation readiness (adaptive capacity), following the readiness dimension of the ND-GAIN framework. It is built only from measured values already held on this profile and normalised 0-100. It does not measure emissions or physical climate vulnerability: the platform does not yet hold emissions, hazard-exposure or natural-capital series. Energy access is the single most climate-specific indicator held; the other four are governance, economic, human-development and digital readiness proxies. The economic sub-score is relative to the African countries the platform covers.
How this is computed

Adaptive capacity to absorb climate finance and adapt, following the readiness dimension of the ND-GAIN framework. Built only from measured values already held on each country profile. It is not a measure of emissions or physical climate vulnerability, which the platform does not yet hold.

  • Energy access (30%) — World Bank, access to electricity (% of population). The single most climate and energy specific signal held: SDG 7 and the clean-energy transition.
  • Governance readiness (20%) — Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (0-100). ND-GAIN governance readiness: the capacity to govern and deploy climate finance. Higher is cleaner.
  • Human readiness (20%) — UNDP, Human Development Index (0-1). ND-GAIN social readiness: the adaptive capacity of the population.
  • Economic readiness (15%) — World Bank, GDP per capita (current US$), latest measured year. ND-GAIN economic readiness: the capacity to finance adaptation. Scored relative to the covered set.
  • Digital readiness (15%) — World Bank, individuals using the Internet (% of population). Information systems for early warning and adaptation.

A country is scored only when at least 4 of the five indicators are held. Sub-scores are weighted and renormalised over the indicators that are present; nothing is estimated for one that is absent.

Country Facts

CapitalMoroni
RegionEast Africa
CurrencyComorian Franc (KMF)
FX RegimeFixed peg to EUR via Comorian franc
Legal SystemMixed: Islamic law, French civil law, customary law
Time ZoneIndian/Comoro

Focus Sectors

Agriculture (vanilla
ylang-ylang
cloves)
Fishing
Tourism
Remittances
Construction
Telecoms

Regulations & Taxes

Corporate Income Tax35% standard
VAT / Sales Tax10% standard