Background:

• Official name: Union of the Comoros
• Location: Island state in the Indian Ocean, in the Mozambique Channel between the East African coast and Madagascar
• Capital: Moroni
• Official languages: Shikomor, French and Arabic
• Population: 866,628 (2024)
• GDP: US$1.44 billion (2024)
• GDP per capita: US$1,662.8 (2024)
• Income group: Lower-middle-income

REC Membership:

• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
• Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)

Sources:

• Constitution of the Union of the Comoros
• INSEED / RGPH and national statistics
• COMESA – Member States
• SADC – Comoros Profile
• CEN-SAD – Member States
• World Bank Data: Comoros
• World Bank Comoros Country Overview
• World Bank Data360 Economy Profile: Comoros
• UNICEF – Education Sector Review 2023