Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in New Zealand instead of Faroe Islands, you would:

Health

live 1.1 years less

In Faroe Islands, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024. In New Zealand, that number is 82 years (80 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 33.1% less money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $74,175 as of 2024, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $49,591 as of 2025.

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Life

be 33.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Faroe Islands, approximately 6.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In New Zealand, on the other hand, 4.0 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 13.5 times more coastline

Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

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Infrastructure

find 10.0% more home broadband

Faroe Islands has 34.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. New Zealand has 38.0 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 150.2 times more CO2

Faroe Islands emits 0.0 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. New Zealand emits 6.0 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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New Zealand (sometimes abbreviated NZ) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 264,537 sq km. The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both world wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.
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