Comoros GDP Data & Country Report

Comoros Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Comoros; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

Central Bank of Comoros

International Reserves

US$ 146.076 million (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 555 million (2009 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

830 million of International dollars (2009 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
1.4%	3.3%	4.2%	2.5%	-0.2%	4.2%	1.2%	0.5%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
1%	1.8%	2.1%	2.5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 817 (2003 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$1,220 International Dollars (2003 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 41.8%
industry: 8.6%
services: 49.6% (2010 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
4.8%(2008)	4.8%	2.7%	3.9%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A	N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
61.6%	59.4%	55.5%	51.9%	47.9%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
-2%	-2.5%	0.8%	4.9%	-1.8%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
N/A	N/A	N/A

Largest companies in Comoros

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ -0.1 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-12.1% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

13.1% (2009)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

N/A

Export commodities

vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra

Total imports

US$143 million f.o.b. (2006)

Import commodities

rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods, petroleum products, cement, transport equipment

Exports - major partners

Turkey 38%, France 27.5%, Singapore 9.2%, Saudi Arabia 4.1% (2007)

Imports - major partners

France 18.2%, UAE 10.8%, South Africa 8.5%, Pakistan 7.2%, Kenya 5.7%, China 5.4%, India 5% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$8 million	US$9 million(2009)	US$9 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
N/A	N/A	N/A

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 159 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 168 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 99 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 96 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 168 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 132 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 135 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 152 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

N/A

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 167 Score: 43.8 (Repressed) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC+3

Total area

2,235 km² (2006)

Capital

Moroni (2009)

Currency

Comoran francs (KMF) (2009)

Government type

republic (2009)

Languages

Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)

Religions

Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
0.35 million	0.46 million	0.55 million	0.68 million	0.75 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
12.6%	23.2%	28.1%	28.1%

Population median age

19.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

2.4% (2009)

Life expectancy

65 years (2007)

Adult literacy

75% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

64.98% (2011)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

64.3 (2004)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:3
Civil Liberties:4 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

25.36% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

5.1% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

N/A

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.1892 (2008)

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