International Rankings of Faroe Islands 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Faroe Islands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Faroe Islands, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	36.00	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	157	18181	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	11	97.58 %	2018
Internet users - total	192	49783	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	37.29	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	174	19137	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	91	116.47	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	198	59771	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	173	883.800 million US Dollars	2014
Budget - revenues	172	835.600 million US Dollars	2014
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	46	1.70 % of GDP	N/A
Debt - external	179	387.600 million US Dollars	2012
Exports	154	1.184 billion US Dollars	2016
GDP (official exchange rate)	175	2.765 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	13	29.60 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	143	52.00 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	97	18.40 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	50	18.00 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	31	39.00 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	157	43.00 % of GDP	2013
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	127	23 %	2013
Gross national saving	54	26	2012
Imports	182	978.400 million US Dollars	2016
Industrial production growth rate	54	3.40 %	2009
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	89	0.30 %	2016
Labor force	198	27540 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	81	15 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	92	15 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	48	70 %	2016
Population below poverty line	134	10 %	2015
Public debt	128	35.00 % of GDP	2014
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	194	2.001 billion US Dollars	2014
Real GDP growth rate	26	5.90 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	47	40000 US Dollars	2014
Taxes and other revenues	68	30.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	155	2.20 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	171	739300	2017
Electricity - consumption	180	285.500 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	44	54	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	41	31	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	25	16	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	174	128300 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	172	307.000 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	142	4600	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	168	4555 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	186	2	2018
Land use - arable land	138	2	2018
Land use - other	4	98	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	116	0.89	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	139	43	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	112	61000.00 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	88	40870 tons	2012
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	1	67.00 %	2012
Geography
Area - land	179	1393 sq km	N/A
Area - total	179	1393 sq km	N/A
Coastline	81	1117 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	135	882 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	186	2	2018
Land use - arable land	138	2	2018
Land use - other	4	98	2018
Population Density	167	37.29 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	123	13.89	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	151	37.01	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	63	12.00	N/A
Birth rate	110	14.92 births/1,000 population	2021
Death rate	58	8.68 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Drinking water source - improved	8	99 % of population	N/A
Hospital bed density	30	4.10 beds/1,000 population	2015
Infant mortality rate - female	160	5.44 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	159	6.74 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	162	6.11 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	31	84 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	33	79 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	37	81 years	N/A
Median age - female	56	38 years	2020
Median age - male	45	37 years	N/A
Median age - total	49	37 years	N/A
Physicians density	56	2.62 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	202	51943	2021
Population growth rate	113	0.62 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	97	1 % of population	2017
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	10	1.16	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	15	1.07	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	66	2.30 children born/woman	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	116	0.89	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	139	43	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	3.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	N/A
Roadways - paved	136	500 km	2017
Roadways - total	145	960 km	2017

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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