Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Faroe Islands instead of Germany, you would:
Economy
be 29.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Germany, 3.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Faroe Islands, that number is 2.2% as of 2017.
be 32.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Germany, 14.7% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Faroe Islands, however, that number is 10.0% as of 2015.
make 25.9% less money
Germany has a GDP per capita of $54,000 as of 2022, while in Faroe Islands, the GDP per capita is $40,000 as of 2014.
Life
have 67.4% more children
In Germany, there are approximately 8.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Faroe Islands, there are 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 87.8% more likely to die during infancy
In Germany, approximately 3.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Faroe Islands, on the other hand, 6.0 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 61.7% more on education
Germany spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 53.2% less coastline
Germany has a total of 2,389 km of coastline. In Faroe Islands, that number is 1,117 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Faroe Islands: At a glance
How big is Faroe Islands compared to Germany? See an in-depth size comparison.