Faroe Islands: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Faroe Islands — 160 indicators across 7 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
0.05
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.00
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
2.76
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
1,385.84
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
2.76
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
38.25
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
12,960.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.00
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
0.00
Economy (31)
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
1.01
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
16.07
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2012
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
54.56
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
3.24B
GDP (current US$)
2024
4.05B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
0.84
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
59,257.64
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
74,119.66
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
0.35
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
72,059.58
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
81,908.78
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
3.94B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
4.48B
GNI (current US$)
2024
4.12B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
73,070.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
83,290.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
4.00B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
4.55B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
51.20
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
18.30
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
2.00
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
53.83
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
105.75
Energy (6)
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
14.42
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
61.10M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
38.08
Environment (29)
Bird species, threatened
2022
5.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
31.25
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
0.04
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.00
Fish species, threatened
2022
20.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
4.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
9.16
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.04
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
4.97
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.05
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.05
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
1.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
39.72
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.67
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.67
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
0.00
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
2.40
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
7.21
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.10
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.77
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.00
Health & Population (52)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
4.40
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
60.52
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
28.47
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
32.05
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
10.80
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
8.20
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
5.30
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.91
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
14.60
International migrant stock, total
2024
8,101.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
84.91
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
81.34
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
83.08
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
36.99
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
63.48
Net migration
2025
386.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2015
0.00
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
100.00
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2015
90.88
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
19.97
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
5,328.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
20.16
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
5,590.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
19.78
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
10,918.00
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
62.30
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
16,113.00
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
60.97
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
17,951.00
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
63.54
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
34,064.00
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
17.74
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
4,987.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
18.87
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
4,712.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
16.68
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
9,699.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
0.49
Population, female
2024
26,428.00
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
48.33
Population, male
2024
28,253.00
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
51.67
Population, total
2024
54,681.00
Rural population
2024
33,129.00
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
60.59
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
0.13
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.07
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
93.18
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
88.39
Urban population
2024
21,552.00
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
39.41
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
1.04
Technology (3)
Trade & Finance (29)
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2009
0.64
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
1.78B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
2.35B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.06
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
87.79
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
5.61
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.57
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.98
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.06
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
4.99
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
11.64
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.57
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
1.49B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
1.93B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.07
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
84.12
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
7.81
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
6.79
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.79
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.07
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.28
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.12
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
9.08
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
6.79
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
80.76
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.