Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Faroe Islands, you would:

Health

live 1.3 years longer

In Faroe Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In New Zealand, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 31.7% less money

Faroe Islands has a GDP per capita of $71,500 as of 2022, while in New Zealand, the GDP per capita is $48,800 as of 2023.

be 70.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Faroe Islands, 2.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In New Zealand, that number is 3.7% as of 2023.

Life

be 42.6% less 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 New Zealand, on the other hand, 3.4 children do as of 2022.

have 15.4% fewer children

In Faroe Islands, there are approximately 14.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In New Zealand, there are 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 21.1% less on education

Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. New Zealand spends 6.0% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 13.5 times more coastline

Faroe Islands has a total of 1,117 km of coastline. In New Zealand, that number is 15,134 km.

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

New Zealand: At a glance

New Zealand (sometimes abbreviated NZ) is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 264,537 sq km. The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both world wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.
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