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	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	157	18181	0
Internet users - percent of population	11	97.58 %	2018
Internet users - total	192	49783	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	37.29	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	174	19137	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	91	116.47	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	198	59771	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	173	883.800 million US Dollars	2014
Budget - revenues	172	835.600 million US Dollars	2014
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	46	1.7 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	175	2.765 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	182	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	13	29.6 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	143	52 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	184	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	97	18.4 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2021
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	50	18 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	31	39 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	157	43 % of GDP	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	54	3.4 %	2009
Labor force	198	27540 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	81	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	92	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	48	70 %	2016
Population below poverty line	134	10	2015
Public debt	48	35 % of GDP	2014
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	209	N/A US Dollars	2021
Real GDP per capita	35	40000 US Dollars	2014
Taxes and other revenues	68	30.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	171	739300	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	180	285.500 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	44	54	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	41	31	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	25	16	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	174	128300 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	172	307.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	142	4600	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	168	4555 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	186	2.1	2018
Land use - arable land	138	2.1	2018
Land use - forest	181	0.1	2018
Land use - other	4	97.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2017
Total renewable water resources	179	0	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	116	0.89	2025
Urbanization - urban population	139	42.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	112	61000 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 %	2012
Geography
Area - land	179	1393 sq km	0
Area - total	179	1393 sq km	0
Area - water	212	0 sq km	0
Coastline	80	1117 km	0
Elevation - highest point	137	882 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	148	N/A sq km	2021
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	186	2.1	2018
Land use - arable land	138	2.1	2018
Land use - forest	181	0.1	2018
Land use - other	4	97.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	178	0	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	123	13.89 %	3465
Age structure - 25-54 years	151	37.01 %	8828
Age structure - 55-64 years	63	12 %	2996
Birth rate	110	14.92 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	58	8.68 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	171	N/A %	2021
Drinking water source - improved	8	99 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	30	4.1 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	162	6.11 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	31	83.77 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	33	78.5 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	37	81.04 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	56	37.7 years	2020
Median age - male	45	36.9 years	0
Median age - total	49	37.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	72	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
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	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	97	1 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	10	1.16	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	15	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	17	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	9	1.08 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	66	2.3 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	116	0.89	2025
Urbanization - urban population	139	42.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	121	1	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	96	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	3	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	0
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	137	500 km	2017
Roadways - total	145	960 km	2017
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Faroe Islands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Faroe Islands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Faroe Islands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.