Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Faroe Islands instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Economy
make 16.6% more money
Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $34,300 as of 2022, while in Faroe Islands, the GDP per capita is $40,000 as of 2014.
be 63.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Faroe Islands, that number is 2.2% as of 2017.
Life
have 91.0% more children
In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.8 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 25.6% more likely to have internet access
In Puerto Rico, approximately 77.7% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Faroe Islands, about 97.6% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 2.1 times more on education
Puerto Rico spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Faroe Islands spends 7.6% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.2 times more coastline
Puerto Rico has a total of 501 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 Puerto Rico? See an in-depth size comparison.