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Faroe Islands
Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Torshavn
Reports 8 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old83.1years
Ranks 20 of 217 in 2024
11% above world median · 4% above Europe & Central Asia
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.91births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
about the same world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2024 · 2 years old74,175current US$
Ranks 13 of 200 in 2024
8.4× above world median · 1.9× above Europe & Central Asia
Medians computed across 200 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2024 · 2 years old82,089international $
Ranks 14 of 195 in 2024
3.0× above world median · 66% above Europe & Central Asia
Medians computed across 195 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2017 · 9 years old97.6% of population
Ranks 5 of 200 in 2017
62% above world median · 25% above Europe & Central Asia
Medians computed across 200 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old0.04t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
98% below world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old54.9kpeople
Not ranked — no better end
99% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Faroe Islands has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Unemployment, Inflation, Military spending, Under-5 mortality, Maternal mortality, Child stunting, Health spending, Adult literacy, Primary enrolment, Education spending, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.