Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 4.7 years less

In Faroe Islands, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024. In Slovakia, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 61.5% less money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $74,175 as of 2024, while in Slovakia, the GDP per capita is $28,544 as of 2025.

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Life

be 11.5% 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 Slovakia, on the other hand, 5.3 children do as of 2024.

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have 21.3% fewer children

In Faroe Islands, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Slovakia, there are 8.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 38.7% less on education

Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Slovakia spends 4.7% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 137.8 times more CO2

Faroe Islands emits 0.0 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Slovakia emits 5.5 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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Moving from Faroe Islands to Slovakia · UN DESA 2015
1 people born in Faroe Islands live in Slovakia.
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Slovakia: At a glance

Slovakia is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 48,105 sq km. Slovakia's roots can be traced to the 9th century state of Great Moravia. Subsequently, the Slovaks became part of the Hungarian Kingdom, where they remained for the next 1,000 years. Following the formation of the dual Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1867, language and education policies favoring the use of Hungarian (Magyarization) resulted in a strengthening of Slovak nationalism and a cultivation of cultural ties with the closely related Czechs, who were under Austrian rule. After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the close of World War I, the Slovaks joined the Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar period, Slovak nationalist leaders pushed for autonomy within Czechoslovakia, and in 1939 Slovakia became an independent state allied with Nazi Germany. Following World War II, Czechoslovakia was reconstituted and came under communist rule within Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize communist rule and create "socialism with a human face," ushering in a period of repression known as "normalization." The peaceful "Velvet Revolution" swept the Communist Party from power at the end of 1989 and inaugurated a return to democratic rule and a market economy. On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a nonviolent "velvet divorce" into its two national components, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004 and the euro zone on 1 January 2009.
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