Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Portugal instead of Faroe Islands, you would:

Economy

make 56.7% less money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $74,175 as of 2024, while in Portugal, the GDP per capita is $32,082 as of 2025.

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Life

be 54.9% 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 Portugal, on the other hand, 2.7 children do as of 2024.

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have 26.9% fewer children

In Faroe Islands, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Portugal, there are 7.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 40.1% less on education

Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Portugal spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 60.5% more coastline

Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 km of coastline. In Portugal, that number is 1,793 km.

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Infrastructure

find 30.8% more home broadband

Faroe Islands has 34.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Portugal has 45.2 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 83.0 times more CO2

Faroe Islands emits 0.0 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Portugal emits 3.3 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2019–2022). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Portugal is 29.8% cheaper than Faroe Islands overall
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Faroe Islands is about 66 times smaller than Portugal.
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Portugal: At a glance

Portugal is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 91,470 sq km. Following its heyday as a global maritime power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence of Brazil, its wealthiest colony, in 1822. A 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy; for most of the next six decades, repressive governments ran the country. In 1974, a left-wing military coup installed broad democratic reforms. The following year, Portugal granted independence to all of its African colonies. Portugal is a founding member of NATO and entered the EC (now the EU) in 1986.
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