International Rankings of Faroe Islands 2023, 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	15	38	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	167	18443	2020
Internet users - percent of population	4	97.6 %	2021
Internet users - total	199	51728	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	29	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	173	15000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	110	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	197	59000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	175	883.800 million US Dollars	2014
Budget - revenues	175	835.600 million US Dollars	2014
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	46	1.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	209	N/A US Dollars	2023
Debt - external	183	387.600 million US Dollars	2012
Exports	172	1.184 billion US Dollars	2016
GDP (official exchange rate)	181	2.765 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	186	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	13	29.6 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	145	52 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	188	N/A % of GDP	2023
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	99	18.4 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2023
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	164	43 % of GDP	2013
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	127	22.7 %	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	189	978.400 million US Dollars	2016
Industrial production growth rate	108	3.4 %	2009
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	178	0.3 %	2016
Labor force	204	27540 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	81	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	96	15 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	52	70 %	2016
Population below poverty line	137	10 %	2015
Public debt	140	35 % of GDP	2014
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	197	2.001 billion US Dollars	2014
Real GDP growth rate	72	5.9 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	46	40000 US Dollars	2014
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	28	30.2 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	193	2.2 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	176	870000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	176	358.640 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	178	128000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	176	23.160 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	92	58.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	70	26 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	17	15.1 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	195	0 Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	169	5500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	175	4555 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	191	2.1	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2.1	2018
Land use - forest	183	0.1	2018
Land use - other	4	97.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Revenue from coal	34	N/A % of GDP	2023
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2017
Total renewable water resources	179	0 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	117	0.89	2025
Urbanization - urban population	136	43	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	114	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	183	1393 sq km	0
Area - total	184	1393 sq km	0
Area - water	226	0 sq km	0
Coastline	82	1117 km	0
Elevation - highest point	148	882 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	161	N/A sq km	2023
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	191	2.1	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2.1	2018
Land use - forest	183	0.1	2018
Land use - other	4	97.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	162	0	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	113	14.94 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	158	34.8 %	2023
Death rate	66	8.61 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	27	29.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	3.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	60	62.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	108	33.6 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	12	7.6 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	61	1.1 %	2023
Hospital bed density	31	4.2 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	167	5.2 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	165	6.48 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	167	5.86 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	33	84.17 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	35	78.96 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	35	81.47 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	59	37.7 years	2020
Median age - male	49	36.9 years	0
Median age - total	51	37.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	81	0 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	60	2.62 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	209	52600	2023
Population growth rate	106	0.63 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	122	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	11	1.12 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	12	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	68	2.28 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	117	0.89	2025
Urbanization - urban population	136	43	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	157	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	155	N/A	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	159	N/A	2023
Transportation
Airports	122	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	93	91	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
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	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	141	500 km	2017
Roadways - total	163	960 km	2017
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Faroe Islands 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Faroe Islands 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.