Comoros vs Timor-Leste

Comoros and Timor-Leste compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Timor-Leste has about 1.6 times as many people as Comoros: 1.4 million against 882,847 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Comoros ($2,056) is 53% higher than in Timor-Leste ($1,341) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Timor-Leste (7%) than in Comoros (3.8%), a difference of 3.2 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Comoros (3.2%) than in Timor-Leste (0.4%), a difference of 2.8 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Comoros (3.8%) than in Timor-Leste (1.6%), a difference of 2.2 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Timor-Leste can expect to live 0.9 years longer than one born in Comoros: 67.9 years against 67 years in 2024.
• The population of Timor-Leste is older: half of its people are over 21 years, against 20.3 years in Comoros in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Timor-Leste (35% in 2021) than in Comoros (32.5% in 2024), a difference of 2.5 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person are about the same in Comoros (0.51 tonnes) and Timor-Leste (0.5 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Timor-Leste (71%) than in Comoros (17.8%), a difference of 53.2 percentage points in 2024.