Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Faroe Islands instead of Ireland, you would:
Economy
be 55.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Ireland, 5.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Faroe Islands, that number is 2.2% as of 2017.
be 23.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 13.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Faroe Islands, however, that number is 10.0% as of 2015.
make 55.4% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $89,700 as of 2020, while in Faroe Islands, the GDP per capita is $40,000 as of 2014.
Life
have 21.3% more children
In Ireland, there are approximately 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Faroe Islands, there are 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 72.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Ireland, approximately 3.5 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 2.4 times more on education
Ireland spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Faroe Islands spends 8.2% of total GDP on education as of 2017.
Geography
see 22.9% less coastline
Ireland has a total of 1,448 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 Ireland? See an in-depth size comparison.