Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Faroe Islands instead of Cayman Islands, you would:
Economy
be 45.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Cayman Islands, 4.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2008. In Faroe Islands, that number is 2.2% as of 2017.
make 10.2% less money
Cayman Islands has a GDP per capita of $79,600 as of 2022, while in Faroe Islands, the GDP per capita is $71,500 as of 2022.
Life
be 21.7% less likely to die during infancy
In Cayman Islands, approximately 7.7 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.
have 29.6% more children
In Cayman Islands, there are approximately 11.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Faroe Islands, there are 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 20.3% more likely to have internet access
In Cayman Islands, approximately 81.1% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Faroe Islands, about 97.6% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 3.6 times more on education
Cayman Islands spends 2.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 7.0 times more coastline
Cayman Islands has a total of 160 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
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