Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Turks and Caicos Islands instead of Faroe Islands, you would:
Economy
make 47.2% less money
Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $40,000 as of 2014, while in Turks and Caicos Islands, the GDP per capita is $21,100 as of 2020.
be 4.5 times more likely to be unemployed
In Faroe Islands, 2.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 10.0% as of 1997.
Life
be 93.5% more 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 Turks and Caicos Islands, on the other hand, 11.6 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 57.3% less on education
Faroe Islands spends 8.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Turks and Caicos Islands spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 65.2% less coastline
Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 km of coastline. In Turks and Caicos Islands, that number is 389 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Turks and Caicos Islands: At a glance
How big is Turks and Caicos Islands compared to Faroe Islands? See an in-depth size comparison.