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Comoros · Economy

Comoros economy: GDP, investment, trade and remittances

How large the Comoros economy is and how fast it is growing, who invests in it, what it sells and buys, how much its citizens abroad send home, who it owes and what it holds in reserve. The latest published year is shown with each figure.

GDP
US$1.8 billion
current US$, 2025
Real GDP growth
3.8%
2025
GDP per person
US$2,056
current US$, 2025
Exports of goods
US$31 million
2025
Remittances received
US$306 million
2023, 20.8% of GDP
Foreign direct investment, net inflows
US$9.2 million
2025, 0.5% of GDP

Comoros economy snapshot: GDP, growth and income per person

Comoros's GDP was US$1.8 billion in 2025, after real growth of 3.8%.

GDP

Current US dollars.

0500m1.0bn1.5bn2.0bn201520172019202120232025GDP 2015: US$966 millionGDP 2016: US$1.0 billionGDP 2017: US$1.1 billionGDP 2018: US$1.2 billionGDP 2019: US$1.2 billionGDP 2020: US$1.2 billionGDP 2021: US$1.3 billionGDP 2022: US$1.3 billionGDP 2023: US$1.5 billionGDP 2024: US$1.6 billionGDP 2025: US$1.8 billion

Real GDP growth

Annual change, per cent. Red bars are contractions.

-2%0%2%4%201520172019202120232025Real GDP growth 2015: 1.1%Real GDP growth 2016: 3.3%Real GDP growth 2017: 3.8%Real GDP growth 2018: 3.6%Real GDP growth 2019: 1.8%Real GDP growth 2020: -0.2%Real GDP growth 2021: 2.0%Real GDP growth 2022: 2.5%Real GDP growth 2023: 3.2%Real GDP growth 2024: 3.3%Real GDP growth 2025: 3.8%

GDP per person

Current US dollars.

01k2k3k201520172019202120232025GDP per person 2015: US$1,329GDP per person 2016: US$1,365GDP per person 2017: US$1,424GDP per person 2018: US$1,541GDP per person 2019: US$1,519GDP per person 2020: US$1,527GDP per person 2021: US$1,588GDP per person 2022: US$1,534GDP per person 2023: US$1,724GDP per person 2024: US$1,858GDP per person 2025: US$2,056

Source: World Bank, 2025. Method

Who invests in Comoros and in what

Direct investment by investing country

Mauritius was the largest investing country in Comoros, at 45% of inward direct investment positions in 2024.

Inward direct investment positions in Comoros at the end of 2024: the stock of foreign direct investment, not a year's new flow. The 6 largest investing countries.

The IMF data holds no positions reported by Comoros itself. The figures are derived by the IMF from what the investing countries report, so they are shown as reported by investing countries.

MauritiusUS$3.0 million44.7%
ChinaUS$1.5 million22.9%
AzerbaijanUS$1.4 million20.5%
ThailandUS$520 thousand7.8%
South KoreaUS$169 thousand2.5%
South AfricaUS$107 thousand1.6%

Source: IMF, 2024. Method

What Comoros sells and buys

Coffee, tea and spices was 80% of exports in 2025.

Comoros sold the most to India, 56% of exports in 2025.

Exports by product, 2025

Tile area follows value. Each tile is a customs chapter of the Harmonized System; hover for the full name.

Coffee, tea, mate and spices: US$25 million, 80.4%Coffee, tea and spices80%Essential oils and resinoids: US$4.5 million, 14.3%Essential oil…14%Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors: US$384 thousand, 1.2%Iron or steel articles: US$285 thousand, 0.9%Iron and steel: US$252 thousand, 0.8%Musical instruments: US$139 thousand, 0.4%Vehicles: US$111 thousand, 0.4%Ships, boats and floating structures: US$102 thousand, 0.3%Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof: US$59 thousand, 0.2%Aluminium and articles thereof: US$54 thousand, 0.2%Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates: US$50 thousand, 0.2%Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof: US$42 thousand, 0.1%All other chapters: US$194 thousand, 0.6%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Top buyers, 2025

Share of Comoros's exports.

IndiaUS$17 million55.5%
FranceUS$4.6 million14.7%
United Arab EmiratesUS$3.4 million10.8%
NetherlandsUS$1.6 million5.2%
GermanyUS$858 thousand2.7%
PakistanUS$585 thousand1.9%
EgyptUS$404 thousand1.3%
United KingdomUS$303 thousand1.0%
South AfricaUS$251 thousand0.8%
United StatesUS$218 thousand0.7%

Top suppliers, 2025

Share of Comoros's imports.

United Arab EmiratesUS$48 million15.5%
ChinaUS$45 million14.5%
PakistanUS$36 million11.4%
IndiaUS$34 million10.8%
FranceUS$33 million10.5%
VietnamUS$19 million6.0%
TurkeyUS$16 million5.1%
TanzaniaUS$11 million3.5%
MalaysiaUS$7.7 million2.5%
PolandUS$7.5 million2.4%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

What Comoros buys, 2025

The 8 largest product chapters in imports.

CerealsUS$50 million16.0%
VehiclesUS$33 million10.7%
Salt, sulphur, earth and stoneUS$31 million9.8%
Meat and edible meat offalUS$27 million8.6%
Electrical machinery and equipmentUS$22 million7.1%
Iron and steelUS$16 million5.2%
Machinery and mechanical appliancesUS$13 million4.1%
Products of the milling industryUS$12 million3.8%

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Trade balance of goods

Exports minus imports. Red bars are years when imports were larger. A year is left out when either side is not published.

-300m-200m-100m020152017201920212023Trade balance 2015: -US$198 million (exports US$16 million, imports US$214 million)Trade balance 2016: -US$161 million (exports US$33 million, imports US$195 million)Trade balance 2017: -US$202 million (exports US$39 million, imports US$241 million)Trade balance 2018: -US$163 million (exports US$46 million, imports US$209 million)Trade balance 2019: -US$155 million (exports US$49 million, imports US$204 million)Trade balance 2020: -US$209 million (exports US$21 million, imports US$230 million)Trade balance 2021: -US$292 million (exports US$34 million, imports US$326 million)Trade balance 2022: -US$174 million (exports US$55 million, imports US$229 million)Trade balance 2023: -US$245 million (exports US$29 million, imports US$273 million)Trade balance 2025: -US$281 million (exports US$31 million, imports US$312 million)

Source: UN Comtrade, 2025. Method

Remittances against foreign direct investment in Comoros

Remittances to Comoros were 57.1 times foreign direct investment in 2023.

Remittances receivedForeign direct investment, net inflows
0100m200m300m400m201520172019202120232025Remittances 2015: US$132 millionRemittances 2016: US$117 millionRemittances 2017: US$132 millionRemittances 2018: US$173 millionRemittances 2019: US$169 millionRemittances 2020: US$227 millionRemittances 2021: US$288 millionRemittances 2022: US$282 millionRemittances 2023: US$306 millionForeign direct investment 2015: US$4.9 millionForeign direct investment 2016: US$3.6 millionForeign direct investment 2017: US$3.9 millionForeign direct investment 2018: US$5.7 millionForeign direct investment 2019: US$4.3 millionForeign direct investment 2020: US$3.9 millionForeign direct investment 2021: US$4.0 millionForeign direct investment 2022: US$4.1 millionForeign direct investment 2023: US$5.4 millionForeign direct investment 2024: US$7.1 millionForeign direct investment 2025: US$9.2 million

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Remittances and investment as a share of GDP

The same two flows measured against the size of the economy.

Remittances, share of GDPForeign direct investment, share of GDP
0%10%20%30%201520172019202120232025Remittances 2015: 13.7%Remittances 2016: 11.5%Remittances 2017: 12.2%Remittances 2018: 14.5%Remittances 2019: 14.1%Remittances 2020: 18.5%Remittances 2021: 22.2%Remittances 2022: 22.0%Remittances 2023: 20.8%Foreign direct investment 2015: 0.5%Foreign direct investment 2016: 0.4%Foreign direct investment 2017: 0.4%Foreign direct investment 2018: 0.5%Foreign direct investment 2019: 0.4%Foreign direct investment 2020: 0.3%Foreign direct investment 2021: 0.3%Foreign direct investment 2022: 0.3%Foreign direct investment 2023: 0.4%Foreign direct investment 2024: 0.4%Foreign direct investment 2025: 0.5%

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Who Comoros owes

External debt stock by type of creditor. Creditor types cover public and publicly guaranteed debt; the grey part is the rest of the total external debt stock. A creditor type with no published figure is not shown.

Bilateral creditors held 47% of Comoros's external debt stock in 2024.

Public external debt owed to China was US$90 million in 2024, 23% of the external debt stock.

MultilateralBilateralRest of the totalPublic debt owed to China
0100m200m300m400m20152017201920212023Multilateral 2015: US$57 millionBilateral 2015: US$38 millionRest of the total 2015: US$31 millionMultilateral 2016: US$53 millionBilateral 2016: US$94 millionRest of the total 2016: US$28 millionMultilateral 2017: US$54 millionBilateral 2017: US$100 millionRest of the total 2017: US$27 millionMultilateral 2018: US$81 millionBilateral 2018: US$162 millionRest of the total 2018: US$24 millionMultilateral 2019: US$80 millionBilateral 2019: US$159 millionRest of the total 2019: US$33 millionMultilateral 2020: US$85 millionBilateral 2020: US$176 millionRest of the total 2020: US$43 millionMultilateral 2021: US$93 millionBilateral 2021: US$194 millionRest of the total 2021: US$64 millionMultilateral 2022: US$105 millionBilateral 2022: US$198 millionRest of the total 2022: US$59 millionMultilateral 2023: US$126 millionBilateral 2023: US$194 millionRest of the total 2023: US$61 millionMultilateral 2024: US$142 millionBilateral 2024: US$182 millionRest of the total 2024: US$62 millionPublic debt owed to China 2015: US$0Public debt owed to China 2016: US$30 millionPublic debt owed to China 2017: US$30 millionPublic debt owed to China 2018: US$79 millionPublic debt owed to China 2019: US$76 millionPublic debt owed to China 2020: US$93 millionPublic debt owed to China 2021: US$110 millionPublic debt owed to China 2022: US$103 millionPublic debt owed to China 2023: US$100 millionPublic debt owed to China 2024: US$90 million

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Reserves and months of import cover

Total reserves including gold, and how many months of imports they cover.

Reserves, US$Months of imports
0200m400m600m051015201520172019202120232025Reserves 2015: US$201 millionReserves 2016: US$159 millionReserves 2017: US$208 millionReserves 2018: US$199 millionReserves 2019: US$202 millionReserves 2020: US$294 millionReserves 2021: US$330 millionReserves 2022: US$284 millionReserves 2023: US$325 millionReserves 2024: US$324 millionReserves 2025: US$409 millionMonths of imports 2015: 9.0 monthsMonths of imports 2016: 7.1 monthsMonths of imports 2017: 8.1 monthsMonths of imports 2018: 6.7 monthsMonths of imports 2019: 6.8 monthsMonths of imports 2020: 10.2 monthsMonths of imports 2021: 9.4 monthsMonths of imports 2022: 7.0 monthsMonths of imports 2023: 7.6 months

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

Aid received by Comoros

Net official development assistance and official aid received.

050m100m150m200m20152017201920212023Aid received 2015: US$66 millionAid received 2016: US$54 millionAid received 2017: US$67 millionAid received 2018: US$91 millionAid received 2019: US$74 millionAid received 2020: US$134 millionAid received 2021: US$156 millionAid received 2022: US$139 millionAid received 2023: US$166 million

Source: World Bank, 2026. Method

More on Comoros

World Bank data pages for Comoros: GDP, GDP growth, GDP per person, remittances, foreign direct investment, reserves, months of imports, external debt, debt by creditor, aid. UN Comtrade: trade data. IMF: direct investment positions.