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General Information

Region		Northern Europe
Population (000, 2021)		49^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		35.1^a
Capital city		Tórshavn
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		20.8^c
Surface area (km2)		1 393^b
National currency		Danish Krone (DKK)
Exchange rate (per US$)		6.1^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	11.1^e,f,g	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	22.2^e,f,g	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	66.7^e,f,g	...	...
Unemployment^h,j (% of labour force)	6.4ⁱ	4^k	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	77.5 / 85.3^h,j	79.4 / 86.0^h,j,k	... / ...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	95	100	96^b
International trade: exports^l (million current US$)	839	1 024	2 297^d
International trade: imports^l (million current US$)	780	911	1 376^d
International trade: balance^l (million current US$)	59	113	922^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	144	194^m	...

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rateⁿ (average annual %)	~0.0	0.1	0.3^d
Urban population (% of total population)	40.9	41.6	42.2^b
Urban population growth rateⁿ (average annual %)	0.7	0.5	...
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	5.1 / 10.7	5.5 / 11.4	6.8 / 13.9^d

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	75.2	94.2^l	97.6^l,o
Threatened species (number)	13	14	32
Forested area (% of land area)	0.1	0.1	0.1^c
Energy production, primary^l (Petajoules)	0	1	1^c
Energy supply per capita^l (Gigajoules)	187	189	219^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	0	15.8	15.8^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Population aged 16 years and over.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 2.
g		2005
h		Excluding the institutional population.
i		Break in the time series.
j		Population aged 15 to 74 years.
k		2013
l		Estimate.
m		2011
n		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
o		2017