Cost of Living inMoroni, Comoros
Image credit: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA
Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Comoros: $3,483/capita.
Income Category
Happiness
3.6 / 10
#130 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Comoros yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Moroni. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Moroni is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Comoros.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedCoverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and households still pay a large share themselves weigh on this rating.
Public care
LimitedPublic coverage looks thinner, public funding looks lighter, and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
52/100
2023
Physicians
0.42/1k
2022
Hospital beds
2.16/1k
2010
Out of pocket
57%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
67.0 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
179/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
22.1/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Comoros yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2021 annual wages in Moroni, Comoros · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Moroni compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.2x further in Moroni than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
What quality-of-life signal do we have for Moroni?
The quality-of-life signal for Moroni is the World Happiness Report score for Comoros — 3.6 (ranking #130 globally) in the latest available national data, which gives a rough national-level read for Moroni.
About Moroni
Moroni is the capital of the Comoros, with about 75,000 residents on the western coast of Grande Comore in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique. The local economy is small and concentrated in government, port activity, services, and remittances from the Comorian diaspora, particularly in France, which are a major share of national income. The country is among the world's lower-income economies, with limited infrastructure and electricity reliability. Comorian, Arabic, and French are official languages; French is the working language of administration and business. The climate is tropical with a hot rainy season from November to April that produces cyclone risk. Moroni is not a typical relocation target; activity is largely limited to diplomatic, NGO, or specific diaspora and family connections.
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