Tun lokacin da aka ayyana 'yancin kai, kasar ta fuskanci juyin mulki fiye da 20 ko kuma yunkurin juyin mulki, tare da kashe shugabannin kasashe daban-daban. Tare da wannan rashin zaman lafiya na siyasa na yau da kullum, yawan mutanen Comoros suna rayuwa tare da rashin daidaito mafi muni na kowace al'umma, tare da Gini coefficient fiye da 60%, yayin da kuma kasancewa a cikin mafi munin kashi hudu a kan Ƙididdigar Ci gaban Dan Adam. A shekara ta 2008, kusan rabin yawan jama'a suna rayuwa a kasa da talauci na kasa da kasa na US $ 1.25 a kowace rana. Yankin tsibirin Faransa na Mayotte, wanda shine mafi yawan yankuna masu arziki a cikin tashar Mozambique, shine babban maƙasudin baƙi na Comorian da suka tsere daga ƙasarsu.
Comorian, Larabci, da Faransanci