Faroe Islands: GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Faroe Islands' GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) rose 2,305 on 2023 (from 79,784 to 82,089).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2023), the average change was +2,575 and a typical year strayed about 2,483 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6,833 in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 1,829 in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3,370 a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 87,807 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 8,285, against 10,613 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Faroe Islands had the 4th highest value of the 10 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Faroe Islands in the 2024 ranking

• Bermuda — 1st of 10: 118,728
• Cayman Islands — 2nd of 10: 92,201
• United Arab Emirates — 4th of 10: 79,344
• Aruba — 5th of 10: 51,712
• Bahamas, The — 6th of 10: 41,258

What this measures

This indicator provides values for gross domestic product (GDP) per person expressed in current international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs account for the different price levels across countries and thus PPP-based comparisons of economic output are more appropriate for comparing the output of economies and the average material well-being of their inhabitants than exchange-rate based comparisons. Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 17 values

GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) in nearby economies

• Albania — 28,221 (2025)
• Andorra — 79,567 (2025)
• Armenia — 24,754 (2025)
• Austria — 76,778 (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 26,113 (2025)
• Belarus — 34,716 (2025)
• Belgium — 74,676 (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 25,814 (2025)
• Bulgaria — 44,451 (2025)
• Croatia — 50,946 (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Faroe Islands

• Exports of goods and services (current LCU) — 15.24 billion (2024)
• Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 54.56% (2024)
• Imports of goods and services (current LCU) — 14.31 billion (2024)
• Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 51.2% (2024)
• External balance on goods and services (current LCU) — 938.8 million (2024)
• External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) — 3.36% (2024)
• Trade (% of GDP) — 105.75% (2024)
• GDP (current LCU) — 27.94 billion (2024)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 511,400 (2024)
• Exports of goods and services (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Faroe Islands's GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)?

82,089 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2008?

It is up 99.44% from 41,160 in 2008 (4.41% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 82,089 in 2024 and the lowest 39,331 in 2009.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, note: This information is for ICP’s PPPs utilized in WDI, publisher: International Comparison Program (ICP), date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Progr… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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