Arab Country Profiles

Comoros

Country name : Union of the Comoros
Capital : Moroni
Area : 2,235 km²
Population : 843.404 (2018)
Population growth rate : 2.41% (2017)
Life expectancy at birth : 64.6 years (2017)
Age structure : 0-14 years : 39.35% - 15-64 years : 56.71% - 65 years and over : 3.94%
Urbanisation : 28.41% (2016)
Labour force : 278,500 (2016)
Gross Domestic Product : $659 million (2017)
GDP – real growth rate : 3.3% (2017)
GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 49.5% - industry : 11.8% - services : 38.7%
GDP – per capita : $1,600 (2017)
Natural resources : negligible
Industries : fishing, tourism, perfume distillation
Industrial production growth rate : 0.8% (2017)
Land use : arable land : 46.7% - permanent crops : 29.6% - other : 23.7%
Agricultural products : vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava
Exports in general : $39.1 million (2016)
Exports to Belgium: $ 36.000 (2016)
Exports – commodities : vanilla, ylang-ylang, cloves, copra
Exports – partners : India (33%), France (17%), Germany (12%), Netherlands (5.2%) (2016)
Imports in general : $235.8 million (2014)
Imports from Belgium : $4.06 million (2017)
Imports – commodities : rice, foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum products, cement, transport equipment
Imports – partners : Tanzanie (51%), France (8.9), Pakistan (6.3), China (13) (2016)
Current account balance : $-63 million (2017)
Budget: revenues : $148.6 million - expenditures : $183.1 million (2017)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : 0.16 million (31 December 2016)

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