Country
Faroe Islands
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Torshavn
- ISO code
- FO · FRO
42 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 54.9K
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 72,114 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 83.1 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.0 t CO₂
Population
- Population 54.9K 2025 201st of 214
- Population density 40 people/km² 2024 159th of 212
- Population growth 0.47 % per year 2025 136th of 214
- Natural increase 2.3 per 1,000 people 2023 153rd of 228
- Net migration 7.0 per 1,000 people 2025 15th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.91 births per woman 2024 107th of 214
- Urban population 39.6 % 2025 171st of 214
- Median age 37.3 years 2023 77th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 17.8 % 2025 49th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 28.5 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 44th of 214
- Children under 15 19.9 % 2025 124th of 214
Health
Economy
- GDP 4.1B USD 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita 74,175 USD 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita (PPP) 72,114 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP growth 0.8 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- GDP per capita growth 0.4 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 106 % of GDP 2024 55th of 172
- Agriculture in the economy 16.1 % of GDP 2024 47th of 187
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 98 % 2017 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Mobile phone subscriptions 106 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Fixed broadband 34.6 per 100 people 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Research and development 0.85 % of GDP 2003 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 194th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.0 t CO₂ 2024 194th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 13.09 t CO₂ 2024 15th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 171st of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.8 t CO₂e 2024 158th of 201
- Forest area 0.1 % of land 2024 205th of 208
- Arable land 0.1 % of land 2024 205th of 205
- Renewable energy 5.1 % of final energy 2021 166th of 210
- Renewable electricity 46.9 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from wind 18.4 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from solar 0.0 % of electricity 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Carbon intensity of electricity 361 g CO₂e/kWh 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity generation per person 9,008 kWh 2023 not ranked – no value for 2024
Faroe Islands on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldFaroese · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldDanish krone (DKK)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC / UTC+1 in summerSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, E, F, K · 230 V · 50 Hz
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)