Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Comoros
Comoros: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 1.3% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Comoros, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Comoros stood at 1.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Comoros peaked at 3.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2007.
That places Comoros 24th out of 149 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Comoros, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3% | — |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +170.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -65.8% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +74.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -23.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -44.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +342.9% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | +23.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -18.3% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +109.6% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -45.2% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +34.3% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -31.3% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | +51.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -31.7% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | +43.2% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | +143.4% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | -44.7% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | -32.2% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +4.0% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 1.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 4.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 1.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7%, 1.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Comoros changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +342.9% | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.2% | 3.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 21 Guinea-Bissau 1.4% compare
- 22 Madagascar 1.3% compare
- 23 Tuvalu 1.3% compare
- 24 Sierra Leone 1.3% compare
- 26 Jordan 1.3% compare
- 27 Djibouti 1.2% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Comoros
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.88 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,734 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 8.19 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 8.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Comoros?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Comoros was 1.3% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2007.
- How does Comoros rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Comoros ranks 24th out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).