African island-states fuel crisis.
prob 0.44
severity 3.0 / 5 · revision 2026-05-08watch · 6 African island economies · diesel + power$ shortage country get COM > stress_index: 0.62 WATCH > 1 events · 1 scenarios > refreshed 2026-05-17
BRENT $72.13/b ● TTF €44.25/MWh ● OPEC_ORB n/a SPR_US 331.2 Mb ▼ FAO_FFPI 130.8 ▼
The v3.2 stress index is a six-axis composite of energy and food exposure, geopolitical pressure, fiscal headroom, demography and supply concentration, normalised to a 0–1 scale.
The Comoros, a small Indian Ocean island state, imports all of its fuel and most of its food. Diesel generation supplies a fragile, outage-prone grid. The economy depends on agriculture — vanilla, cloves, ylang-ylang — and remittances from a large diaspora.
The Comoros has no permanent rivers on its main island and faces chronic water stress.
| STOCK TYPE | RESERVE | DAYS COVER | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil · imported fuel stocksAll fuel is imported to a small island state. | low | 15days | CRITICAL |
| Electricity · diesel generationDiesel generation supplies a fragile, outage-prone grid. | fragile | — | CRITICAL |
| Food · commercial stocksThe Comoros imports most of its food. | limited | 30days | WATCH |
$ curl -s https://api.shortage.life/v1/countries/COM | jq '.stress' > 0.62