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Mining in Comoros

Where the mines and projects are, what they produce, the power and corridors they need, and the processing gap.

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Value added by mining and utilities, 2024US$20m1.3% of the economy · 16th largest of 16 in SADC
Real growth+7.1%a year over the last five years, at constant prices
Deals in the last 12 months00 tracked in Comoros in all

Mining and utilities added US$20m to Comoros's economy in 2024

Value added by mining and utilities, the industries in the national accounts closest to mining, US$, at the prices of each year and at constant 2020 prices (which show real growth)

0$5m$10m$15m$20m199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018202020222024Prices of each yearUS$20mConstant 2020 pricesUS$15m
Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Comoros has SADC's 16th largest mining and utilities sector

Value added by mining and utilities, US$, latest year, with its share of each economy

South AfricaUS$37.5bn10.4% of the economy
AngolaUS$26.8bn23.4% of the economy
DRCUS$19.8bn28.2% of the economy
TanzaniaUS$8.6bn11.2% of the economy
ZimbabweUS$7.8bn18.0% of the economy
ZambiaUS$4.2bn17.3% of the economy
MozambiqueUS$3.3bn16.5% of the economy
BotswanaUS$2.3bn12.6% of the economy
NamibiaUS$2.3bn18.6% of the economy
MadagascarUS$769m4.8% of the economy
MalawiUS$397m3.5% of the economy
LesothoUS$327m15.9% of the economy
MauritiusUS$258m2.0% of the economy
EswatiniUS$101m2.2% of the economy
SeychellesUS$50m2.8% of the economy
ComorosUS$20m1.3% of the economy
Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Mineral rents: Comoros against SADC

Mineral rents, % of GDP, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's mining page.

0%10%20%30%DRC28.8%Zambia28.2%Zimbabwe4.2%Tanzania4.0%South Africa3.8%Namibia3.2%Botswana0.2%Mozambique0.1%Malawi0.0%Angola0.0%Comoros0.0%Eswatini0.0%Lesotho0.0%Madagascar0.0%Mauritius0.0%Seychelles0.0%median 0.1%

Source: World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

Comoros's trade in mining goods since 2012

Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$

0$500k$1m$2m$2m2012201420162018202020222024ExportsUS$0ImportsUS$83
Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Subsectors

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Copper and cobalt in Comoros

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Mines and projects in the Congolese and Zambian copper belts, output, smelters and refineries, export routes, power demand, export rules.

Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.

Trade in detail

Comoros recorded no trade in these products in 2024.

Comoros's trade in copper and cobalt every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan

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0 deals in the last 12 months involving Comoros, placed in subsectors by what they say.

No mining deals tracked in Comoros yet.

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