International Rankings of Faroe Islands 2024, country comparisons

Faroe Islands Index 2024

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	38.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	167	18443	2020
Internet users - percent of population	4	97.60 %	2021
Internet users - total	199	51728	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	29.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	182	15341	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	110.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	199	59000	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	175	883.800 million US Dollars	2014
Budget - revenues	175	835.600 million US Dollars	2014
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	46	1.70 % of GDP	N/A
Debt - external	183	387.600 million US Dollars	2012
Exchange rates	105	6.29	N/A
Exports	171	1.184 billion US Dollars	2016
GDP (official exchange rate)	181	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	145	52.00 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	99	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	164	43.00 % of GDP	2013
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	127	23 %	2013
Imports	190	978.400 million US Dollars	2016
Industrial production growth rate	108	3.40 %	2009
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	179	0.30 %	2016
Labor force	204	27540 US Dollars	2017
Population below poverty line	137	10 %	2015
Public debt	145	35.00 % of GDP	2014
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	197	2.001 billion US Dollars	2014
Real GDP growth rate	73	5.90 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	46	40000 US Dollars	2014
Taxes and other revenues	28	30.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	193	2.20 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	176	870000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	177	870000	2019
Electricity - consumption	176	358.640 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	178	128000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	176	23.160 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	92	58.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	70	26.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	17	15.10 %	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	169	5500 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	175	4555 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	191	2	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	117	0.89	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	136	43	2023
Geography
Area - land	182	1393 sq km	N/A
Area - total	185	1393 sq km	N/A
Coastline	82	1117 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	142	882 meters	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	191	2	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2	2018
Population Density	177	37.76 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	95	14.90 births/1,000 population	2023
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	158	35 %	2023
Death rate	42	8.60 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	27	29.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	3.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	60	62.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	108	33.60 %	N/A
Education expenditures	12	8 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	62	1.10 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	140	5.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	140	6.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	139	5.90 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	23	84 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	29	79 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	24	82 years	2023
Median age - female	70	37 years	N/A
Median age - male	56	37 years	N/A
Median age - total	56	37 years	2023
Physicians density	60	2.62 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	208	52600	2023
Population growth rate	108	0.63 %	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	11	1.12 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	11	1.08 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	72	2.28 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	117	0.89	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	136	43	2023
Transportation
Airports	124	1	2024
Heliports	54	12	2024
Merchant marine - total	88	91	2023
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	2020
Roadways - paved	109	500 km	2017
Roadways - total	118	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.

NOTE: The information regarding Faroe Islands on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Faroe Islands 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Faroe Islands 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.