Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 47.9% less money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $74,175 as of 2024, while in Spain, the GDP per capita is $38,627 as of 2025.

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Life

be 56.6% 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 Spain, on the other hand, 2.6 children do as of 2024.

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have 39.8% fewer children

In Faroe Islands, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Spain, there are 6.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 39.6% less on education

Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Spain spends 4.6% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 4.4 times more coastline

Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 km of coastline. In Spain, that number is 4,964 km.

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Infrastructure

find 13.4% more home broadband

Faroe Islands has 34.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Spain has 39.2 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 112.7 times more CO2

Faroe Islands emits 0.0 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Spain emits 4.5 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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Spain: At a glance

Spain is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 498,980 sq km. Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World War I and II but suffered through a devastating civil war (1936-39). A peaceful transition to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco FRANCO in 1975, and rapid economic modernization (Spain joined the EU in 1986) gave Spain a dynamic and rapidly growing economy and made it a global champion of freedom and human rights. More recently the government has had to focus on measures to reverse a severe economic recession that began in mid-2008. Austerity measures implemented to reduce a large budget deficit and reassure foreign investors have led to one of the highest unemployment rates in Europe.
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