Quality of life comparison
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
How big is Cayman Islands compared to Faroe Islands? See an in-depth size comparison.