Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Faroe Islands instead of Aruba, you would:
Health
live 3.2 years longer
In Aruba, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Faroe Islands, that number is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 71.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Aruba, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Faroe Islands, that number is 2.2% as of 2017.
Life
be 50.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Aruba, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Faroe Islands, on the other hand, 6.0 children do as of 2022.
have 26.4% more children
In Aruba, there are approximately 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Faroe Islands, there are 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 49.1% more on education
Aruba spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Faroe Islands spends 8.2% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
Geography
see 16.3 times more coastline
Aruba has a total of 68 km of coastline. In Faroe Islands, that number is 1,117 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Faroe Islands: At a glance
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