| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $441 million (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $700 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 40%
industry: 4%
services: 56% (2001 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
60% (2002 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
3.5% (2001 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
144,500 (1996 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 80% |
| Budget : |
revenues: $27.6 million
expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA (2001 est.) |
| Industries : |
tourism, perfume distillation |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-2% (1999 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
21.27 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 90.6%
hydro: 9.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
19.78 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra, coconuts, bananas, cassava (tapioca) |
| Exports : |
$28 million f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
vanilla, ylang-ylang, cloves, perfume oil, copra |
| Exports - Partners : |
France 45.5%, Germany 18.2%, US 12.1%, Madagascar 6.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$88 million f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
rice and other foodstuffs, consumer goods; petroleum products, cement, transport equipment |
| Imports - Partners : |
France 32.7%, Japan 14.2%, South Africa 10.6%, Kenya 5.3%, UAE 5.3%, Thailand 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$232 million (2000 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$10 million (2001 est.) |
| Currency : |
Comoran franc (KMF) |
| Currency Code : |
KMF |
| Exchange Rates : |
Comoran francs (KMF) per US dollar - 435.9 (2003), 522.741 (2002), 549.779 (2001), 533.982 (2000), 461.775 (1999)
note: prior to January 1999, the official rate was pegged to the French franc at 75 Comoran francs per French franc; since 1 January 1999, the Comoran franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677 Comoran francs per euro |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
