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

Economy

make 78.5% more money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $40,000 as of 2014, while in Cayman Islands, the GDP per capita is $71,400 as of 2022.

be 81.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Faroe Islands, 2.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Cayman Islands, that number is 4.0% as of 2008.

Life

be 27.7% 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 Cayman Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

have 22.8% fewer children

In Faroe Islands, there are approximately 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Cayman Islands, there are 11.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 16.9% less likely to have internet access

In Faroe Islands, approximately 97.6% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Cayman Islands, about 81.1% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 72.4% less on education

Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Cayman Islands spends 2.1% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 85.7% less coastline

Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 km of coastline. In Cayman Islands, that number is 160 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Cayman Islands: At a glance

Cayman Islands is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 264 sq km. The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries and were administered by Jamaica after 1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies. When the Federation dissolved in 1962, the Cayman Islands chose to remain a British dependency.
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