Faroe Islands in figures 2016 Hagstova Føroya
Faroe Islands in figures 2016 June 2016 Published by: Statistics Faroe Islands Kvíggjartún 1 P.O. Box 2068 FO-165 Argir Phone +298 352800 Fax +298 352801 www.statistics.fo e-mail: hagstova@hagstova.fo Country Codes: Symbols: FO: Faroe Islands - Nil DK: Denmark 0 Less than half GL: Greenland. Not applicable FI: Finland.. Data not available AX: Åland IS: Iceland NO: Norway SE: Sweden 2016, Hagstova Føroya Fotos: By Ingi Sørensen, are taken by the seashore around the Faroe Islands. The location is mentioned on the photo. Design and print: Føroyaprent ISSN 1603-8479 NORÐURLENDSKT UMHVØRVISMERKI 541 705
Contents Key figures, Nordic countries... 4 Balance of payment... 39 Climate... 9 Communication... 30 Consumer price index... 33 Culture... 23 Education... 22 Election... 14 Energy......................................................... 29 Fishing... 27 Foreign trade... 34 Geography... 6 Health... 21 Justice... 25 Labour market... 15 National accounts... 36 Population... 11 Public finance... 37 Social conditions... 20 Tourism... 30 Transport... 31
Key figures, Nordic countries Population and area 1 jan. 2016 (AX 2015) Population in 1 000 Females in pct. of total population Area in 1 000 sq km Inhabitants per sq km Fertility rate. 2015 (IS 2014; AX 2013) Total fertility rate Life expectancy at birth. 2015 (IS 2014; GR, AX 20136) Life expectancy, men Life expectancy, women Vital statistics per 1 000 people. 2015 (NO, IS 2014; AX 2013) Natural population increase Net migration Population increase Marriages and divorces per 1 000 people. 2015 (FI, AX 2014; IS 2013) Marriages Divorces Induced abortions. FO 2015; DK, NO, SV, FI, IS 2012; GR 2010; AX 2009 Per 1 000 live births Health staff and hospitals beds per 100 000 people. 2012 (DK, SV, IS, AX 2011) Dentists Physicians Hospital beds Labor activity rate. FO 2015; DK, NO, SV 2014; IS, GR, 2013; AX 2011 Activity rate for population 16-64 years Fishing, total catch. 2014 Fishing, 1 000 tonnes Fishing, tonnes per inhabitant Foreign trade in pct. of GDP. 2013 Exports of goods and services Import of goods and services Note: Country Codes see page 2 4
FO DK GL FI AX IS NO SE 49 5 707 56 5 487 29 333 5 214 9 851 48.3 50.3 47.1 50.8 50.0 49.7 49.7 49.9 1.4 43 2 166 338 1.6 103 324 450 35 132 0.03 16 19 3 16 22 2 409 1 714 2 061 1 650 1 809 1 932 1 730 1 849 79.0 78.6 68.5 78.5 79.2 80.6 80.4 80.3 84.4 82.5 73.7 84.1 84.2 83.6 84.2 84.0 4.7 1.0 6.8 0.5 0.6 7.0 3.6 2.4 6.5 8.6-9.0 2.2 5.1 3.3 7.3 8.0 11.2 9.6-2.5 2.7 5.7 10.3 10.9 10.5 5.5 5.2.. 4.5 4.1 4.5 4.6 5.5 1.6 2.9.. 2.5 1.8 1.6 1.9 2.6 53 269 987 169 258 216 253 330 91 79 51 74 89 89 86 80 234 348 175 304 291 351 423 379 515 280 821 529 471.. 397 266 90.4 78.1 74.0 75.0 76.0 86.5 78.1 81.5 543 745 105 148 10 1 029 2 311 172 11.0 0.1 1.9 0.0 0.4 3.1 0.4 0.0 51 55 32 41.. 58 40 47 57 50 63 41.. 50 29 42 5
Population by district. 1 Jan. 2016 Norðoyar Streymoyar Eysturoyar Vága Sandoyar 1 263 Sandoyar 3 104 Vága 4 584 Suðuroyar 5 931 Norðoyar 10 948 Eysturoyar 23 358 Streymoyar Suðuroyar 6
Islands - area, population and height of mountains or peaks Area in Population Name of highest Altitude Rank Island sq km 1 Jan. 2016 mountain or peak in metres 1 Streymoy 374.2 23 118 Koppenni 789 2 Eysturoy 286.0 10 948 Slættaratindur 880 3 Vágar 176.4 3 090 Árnafjall 722 4 Suðuroy 164.7 4 584 Gluggarnir 610 5 Sandoy 111.3 1 220 Tindur 479 6 Borðoy 94.5 5 054 Norðan fyri Lokkaskarð 772 7 Viðoy 40.7 592 Villingadalsfjall 841 8 Kunoy 35.2 135 Kúvingafjall 830 9 Kalsoy 30.6 84 Nestindar 788 10 Svínoy 27.3 26 Havnartindur 586 11 Fugloy 11.0 40 Klubbin 621 12 Nólsoy 10.3 222 Eggjarklettur 372 13 Mykines 9.6 14 Knúkur 560 14 Skúvoy 9.9 34 Knútur 392 15 Hestur 5.9 17 Eggjarrók og Múlin 421 16 Stóra Dímun 2.6 9 Høgoyggj 396 17 Koltur 2.3 1 Uppi á Oyggj 477 18 Lítla Dímun 0.8 - Rávan 414 7
Major mountains, islets and lakes Mountains Altitude in metres Island Slættaratindur 880 Eysturoy Gráfelli 856 Eysturoy Villingadalsfjall 841 Viðoy Kúvingafjall 830 Kunoy Teigafjall 825 Kunoy Islets Area in ha 1 Island Tindhólmur 65.0 Vágoy Mykineshólmur 45.0 Mykines Trøllhøvdi 19.0 Sandoy Gáshólmur 10.0 Vágoy Tjaldavíkshólmur 7.5 Suðuroy Lakes Area in sq km Island Leitisvatn 3.6 Vágoy Fjallavatn 1.0 Vágoy Sandsvatn 0.8 Sandoy Toftavatn 0.5 Eysturoy Eiðisvatn 0.5 Eysturoy Note: 1. 1 ha = 100 * 100m 8
Climate in Tórshavn by year, climate and month. 2015 Jan. Apr. Jul. Oct. Annual Hours of bright sunshine 24 117 107 51 932 Average temperature C 3.6 5.6 9.8 9.5 7.1 Average day temperature C 5.8 8.1 12.3 11.1 9.3 Average night temperature C 1.2 3.0 8.1 7.6 5.0 Precipitation in mm 262 80 28 191 1 687 Days with precipitation 31 20 9 25 269 Precipitation in mm and temperature in C mm ºC 200 12 150 9 100 6 50 3 0 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 0 Precipitation in mm Mean temperature Note: Mean 1961-1990 in Tórshavn 9
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Population by municipalities. 1 Jan. 2016 Total Females in pct. Total Females in pct. Total 49 188 48.3 Fugloyar 40 32.5 Vestmanna 1 212 49.4 Viðareiðis 355 44.2 Vága 1 991 47.9 Hvannasunds 398 47.2 Sørvágs 1 113 49.0 Klaksvíkar 4 961 48.2 Skopunar 444 45.9 Kunoyar 135 45.9 Sands 527 51.0 Húsa 42 35.7 Skálavíkar 132 43.9 Fuglafjarðar 1 499 47.1 Húsavíkar 117 50.4 Eystur 2 022 46.4 Skúvoyar 43 32.6 Nes 1 237 48.1 Hvalbiar 711 46.4 Runavíkar 3 911 47.8 Tvøroyrar 1 693 47.3 Sjóvar 947 47.5 Fámjins 87 43.7 Eiðis 687 46.0 Hovs 110 47.3 Sunda 1 688 46.4 Porkeris 308 44.8 Tórshavnar 20 521 49.5 Vágs 1 330 47.7 Kvívíkar 582 46.6 Sumbiar 345 43.8 11
Population by gender and age groups. 1 Jan. 2016 Total Males Females Females in pct. Total 49 188 25 421 23 767 48.3 0-6 years 4 517 2 305 2 212 49.0 7-14 years 5 774 2 965 2 809 48.6 15-17 years 2 110 1 097 1 013 48.0 18-24 years 4 395 2 375 2 020 46.0 25-59 years 21 174 11 154 10 020 47.3 60-66 years 3 983 2 047 1 936 48.6 67 years + 7 235 3 478 3 757 51.9 Population changes 1 000 500 0-500 -1000-1500 mean 70-74 mean 75-79 mean 80-84 mean 85-89 mean 90-94 mean 95-99 mean 00-04 mean 05-10 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Natural population increase Net immigration Population increase 12
Population by age groups and marital status. 1 Jan. 2016 Males Females 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 Up to 4 2 000 1 500 1 000 500 0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 Single Married or Separated Divorced Widowed 13
Immigrants and emigrants. 2015 Immigrants Emigrants Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 1 495 793 702 1 176 599 577 From country / To country Nordic countries 1 224 644 580 1 070 545 525 Denmark 1 050 534 516 973 484 489 Greenland 40 24 16 26 17 9 Iceland 64 44 20 33 21 12 Norway 55 33 22 30 20 10 Sweden 12 17 5 8 3 5 Finland 3 2 1 - - - Other countries 271 149 122 106 54 52 Parliamentary election. 1 Sept. 2015 Votes Seats in Elected Party Votes in percent parliament women Valid votes, total 32 257 100.0 33 10 A. Conservative Party 6 102 18.9 6 2 B. Unionist Party 6 046 18.7 6 - C. Social Democratic Party 8 093 25.1 8 3 D. Independence Party 1 305 4.1 2 - E. Republican Party 6 691 20.7 7 4 H. The Centre Party 1 779 5.5 2 1 F. Progress 2 241 7.0 2-14
Employees by industry. Nov. 2015 Total Males Females Total Males Females In number Percent Total 24 956 12 844 12 112 100.0 100.0 100.0 Primary sector 2 674 2 159 515 10.7 16.8 4.3 Agriculture 86 59 27 0.3 0.5 0.2 Fishing 1 501 1 434 67 6.0 11.2 0.6 Aquaculture 990 578 412 4.0 4.5 3.4 Extraction of raw materials 97 88 9 0.4 0.7 0.1 Secondary sector 4 885 3 715 1 170 19.6 28.9 9.7 Fish processing 1 444 784 660 5.8 6.1 5.4 Shipyards/machine shops 662 591 71 2.7 4.6 0.6 Other manufacturing 823 558 265 3.3 4.3 2.2 Construction 1 802 1 656 146 7.2 12.9 1.2 Energy 154 126 28 0.6 1.0 0.2 Tertiary sector 17 397 6 970 10 427 69.7 54.3 86.1 Trade and repair 3 041 1 435 1 606 12.2 11.2 13.3 Hotels and restaurants 720 249 471 2.9 1.9 3.9 Sea transport 978 796 182 3.9 6.2 1.5 Other transport 722 509 213 2.9 4.0 1.8 Communication 369 230 139 1.5 1.8 1.1 Finance and insurance 703 286 417 2.8 2.2 3.4 Business services 777 470 307 3.1 3.7 2.5 Household services 338 124 214 1.4 1.0 1.8 Public administration 661 309 352 2.6 2.4 2.9 Municipalities etc. 3 196 947 2 249 12.8 7.4 18.6 Education 1 625 675 950 6.5 5.3 7.8 Health & social work 3 527 469 3 058 14.1 3.7 25.2 Culture, organizations etc 619 367 252 2.5 2.9 2.1 Activities n.e.i. 121 104 17 0.5 0.8 0.1 Note: 16-74 years old with at least 7 hours of payd work a month 15
Employees and population Males/Females Population 16-74 17 500 35 000 15 000 30 000 12 500 25 000 10 000 20 000 7 500 15 000 5 000 10 000 2 500 5 000 0 0 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 Males Females Total Population 16-74 Employed by age groups and gender. 2015 Total Males Females Total 28 904 15 723 13 181 Pct. of population Total 82 85 79 15-19 years 69 68 69 20-24 years 83 84 81 25-34 years 88 94 81 35-39 years 94 96 92 40-44 years 94 96 93 45-49 years 94 96 91 50-54 years 91 90 92 55-59 years 90 93 88 60-64 years 83 85 81 65-74 years 49 55 42 Note: Labour Force Survey Nov. 2015 16
Unemployment Fulltime equivalents Percent 1 500 1 250 1 000 750 500 250 0 0.0 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 Total in pct. of labour force Men unemployed 15.0 12.5 10.0 7.5 5.0 2.5 Women unemployed Unemployment by age groups. 2015 Total Males Females Total Males Females No of fulltime equivalents Pct. of population Total 739 304 435 2.4 1.9 3.0 16-24 years 111 46 64 1.5 1.9 2.4 25-34 years 165 66 99 3.2 2.4 4.2 35-44 years 147 59 88 2.4 1.8 3.0 45-54 years 136 49 88 2.0 1.4 2.8 55-66 years 181 85 96 2.6 2.3 2.8 17
Labour force composition. Nov. 2015 Total Males Females Total population 15-74 years 35 262 18 599 16 663 Labour force 29 950 16 171 13 779 Pct. of population Activity rate 84.9 86.9 82.7 Employment rate 82.0 84.5 79.1 Pct. of labour force Unemployed 3.5 2.8 4.3 Note: Labour Force Survey Nov. 2015 Labour force composition Nov. 2015 20 000 18 000 16 000 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 0 Male Female Not in labour force Unemployed Employed Note: Labour Force Survey Nov. 2015 18
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Pensioners 2002 2007 2012 2015 Old age pensioners 5 764 5 983 6 846 7 416 Disability pensioners 1 883 1 795 1 882 1 615 Population 65+ years in pct. of population, by municipalities. 1 Jan. 2016 05-15 16-17 18-19 20-24 25-33 20
Residents at homes for the aged 2005 2010 2012 2013 Total 445 542 583 645 Residential and nursing homes 286 368 423 489 Elderly homes 159 174 160 156 Children in day-care 2004 2008 2012 2016 Total 4 338 4 894 4 911 5 010 Kindergarten/nursery 2 617 3 158 3 578 3 767 After-school centre 669 1 000 847 970 Day-care centre 1 052 736 486 273 Hospitals and health centres 1990 2000 2010 2012 2013 Hospitals 3 3 3 3 3 Number of beds 310 296 243 227 227 Beds per 1000 people 6.5 6.5 5.0 4.7 4.7 Hospitalizations 9 512 10 319 10 813 11 231 11 231 Hospitalizations per 1000 people 200 226 224 231 231 Hospital staff total 954 766 910 886 889 Physicians 63 57 74 74 76 Nurses 356 267 329 332 326 Other health and nursing training 142 179 180 167 164 General practitioners 25 27 27 27 29 Dentists 40 39 39 44 44 21
Level of education attained, in age groups. 2011 Primary Secondary Tertiary Percent 25-30 years Total 20 54 26 Males 23 54 23 Females 17 54 29 30-40 years Total 16 50 34 Males 16 46 38 Females 17 54 29 40-50 years Total 22 42 36 Males 18 40 43 Females 26 44 30 50-60 years Total 33 36 31 Males 21 38 41 Females 45 33 22 60 years a.o. Total 50 29 21 Males 34 34 32 Females 66 24 10 Tertiary educated by age groups. 2011 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 22 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70+ Males Females
National Church 2000 2005 2010 2015 Parishes 13 13 13 14 Vicars 21 21 21 24 Churches 60 60 61 61 Population 46 131 48 125 48 447 49 188 Church members 38 911 40 291 39 941 39 879 Church members in pct. of population 84.3 83.7 82.4 81.1 Church marriages 189 188 159 195 Church marriages in pct. of all marriages 77 74 69 73 Theatrical plays 1998 2005 2014 2015 Amateur theatrical Plays 12 23 15 21 Performances 84 153 95 120 Visitors 6 977 11 485 11 516 12 273 The professional theatrical Plays 3 3 9 7 Performances 60 76 164 139 Visitors 5 250 12 198 12 618 11 769 Museum visitors 2001 2005 2011 2015 National Museum 11 922 16 395 14 585 11 912 Museum of Art 10 443 14 514 8 700 11 545 23
Newspapers. 2015 Weekly editions Circulation Total 5 10 700 Dimmalætting 1 3 000 Sosialurin 3 6 500 Norðlýsið 1 1 200 Book publications 2015 32% 23% Fiction Non-fiction Textbooks 9% 36% Children's books Book publications 1980 2000 2014 2015 Total 93 170 211 223 of this translations 34 66 109 100 Fiction 17 34 46 50 Non-fiction 24 75 75 81 Textbooks 19 24 18 21 Children s books 33 37 72 71 24
Cinemas 2001 2005 2011 2015 Cinemas 2 3 2 2 Screens 3 4 3 3 Seats 358 407 347 347 Seats per screen 119 102 116 116 Seats per 1000 inhabitants 7.7 8.4 7.2 7.1 Number of visitors 85 651 93 224 82 703 72 697 Number of visitors per inhabitants 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.5 Foreign film premieres 88 80 103 134 Note: The cinema Suðurbio was closed Jan - Aug 2007 Reported criminal offences 1995 2005 2010 2015 Reported criminal offences, total 1 057 975 929 610 Sexual offences 40 28 24 26 Crime of violence 63 71 82 101 Theft 425 477 421 220 Vandalism 370 275 250 161 Other offences 159 124 152 102 25
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Wet fish catches. 2015 1 000 tonnes Percent Million DKK Percent Total 70.9 100.0 814.2 100.0 By species Cod 12.0 17.0 207.7 25.5 Haddock 3.6 5.1 57.1 7.0 Saithe 23.2 32.7 221.9 27.3 Other 32.1 45.2 327.6 40.2 By fishing gear Otter trawl 9.4 13.3 116.4 20.2 Pair trawl 38.4 54.2 313.5 38.5 Long line 17.5 24.6 279.4 34.3 Jigging line 1.7 2.4 20.3 2.5 Gillnets etc. 3.9 5.5 36.5 4.5 By purchaser Faroese fish buyers 50.9 71.7 494.3 60.7 Faroese fish auctions 15.1 21.2 231.4 28.4 Foreign fish buyers 5.0 7.0 88.4 10.9 Wet fish catches Tonnes in 1 000 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1993 Tonnes in 1 000 1995 1997 1999 2001 Million DKK 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 Million DKK 1 600 1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 27
Total fish catch, live weight 1990 2001 2013 2014 2014 1 000 tonnes Percent Total 269.8 517.7 487.2 542.8 100 Atlantic Cod 29.8 39.8 32.4 36.4 7 Haddock 12.7 17.1 5.6 5.1 1 Saithe 65.6 50.6 29.7 26.5 5 Atlantic Mackerel 10.0 22.8 144.6 150.5 28 Atlantic Herring 6.8 34.5 115.6 43.3 8 Blue Whiting 46.2 258.3 82.9 226.2 42 Capelin 18.0 28.9 29.4 7.7 1 Argentines 3.6 9.6 14.3 12.0 2 Other 77.1 56.2 32.7 35.0 6 Catches by foreign vessels in Faroese waters, live weight 2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 1 000 tonnes Total 260.8 389.6 187.1 300.9 421.2 EU-countries 21.7 21.2 5.3 8.2 9.3 Other countries 239.1 368.4 181.9 292.7 411.9 28
Harvest of salmon and trout 1996 2006 2014 2015 Tonnes Total 15 307 15 662 70 893 66 090 Salmon 14 484 10 728 70 893 66 090 Trout 824 4 934 - - Note: Gutted weight Pilot whale catches Years Drives Whales killed Skins 2006-2015 78 5 998 44 967 2001-2010 79 6 265 49 267 1991-2000 101 9 212 66 286 1981-1990 176 18 806 108 715 1971-1980 85 11 311 69 026 1961-1970 130 15 784 79 589 1951-1960 122 18 772 99 104 Electricity production 1995 2005 2010 2015 2015 Percent Mwh Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 314 409 Hydro 43.7 40.4 24.1 42.3 133 081 Thermal 56.0 55.4 71.1 39.9 125 539 Wind 0.3 4.2 4.8 17.7 55 789 29
Telephone subscribers In 1 000 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1990 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2015 Fixed line Mobile phone Internet International passenger transport, arrivals and departures In 1 000 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1975 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 By air By sea 30
Motor vehicles registered. 1 January 1990 2000 2010 2015 2016 Total 18 661 18 681 27 229 29 139 30 278 Lorries and vans 3 552 3 186 4 456 4 121 4 247 Busses 118 137 230 216 211 Taxies 232 92 101 110 105 Private cars 13 986 14 087 19 873 21 417 22 188 Trailers 773 1 179 2 437 3 125 3 376 Emergency vehicles.... 132 150 151 Private cars per 1 000 people 293 311 410 440 451 Traffic accidents 2000 2005 2010 2014 Total traffic accidents 1 281 1 061 745 445 of which with casualties 49 61 33 31 of which alcohol rel. accidents 43 40 13 19 Casualties 61 71 51 38 Killed 3 5 1 4 31
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Consumer price index, 2001=100 2005 2010 2014 2015 All-item index 104.5 116.0 119.2 117.1 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 103.8 119.2 124.6 124.4 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 110.1 132.7 138.9 141.5 Clothing and footwear 93.0 96.4 95.6 93.7 Housing, electricity and heating 101.7 119.1 119.7 111.8 Furnishing and household equipment 100.3 97.1 96.9 95.0 Health 112.9 116.5 118.2 118.5 Transport 113.1 122.5 133.0 130.3 Communication 90.9 90.5 82.6 83.9 Recreation and culture 105.7 104.2 105.4 105.4 Education 99.2 115.6 116.7 116.7 Restaurants and hotels 108.6 128.3 137.7 138.9 Miscellaneous goods and services 108.2 127.1 133.3 129.4 Consumer price index, annual average rates Percent 8 6 4 2 0-2 -4 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 33
Trade by country. 2015 Import Export Import Export Million DKK Percent Total 6 095 6 852 100.0 100.0 EU-countries total 3 903 2 892 64.0 42.2 Denmark 1 688 516 27.7 7.5 Germany 610 365 10.0 5.3 Netherlands 379 274 6.2 4.0 Sweden 287 26 4.7 0.9 Italy 166 268 2.7 3.9 Other EU-countries 773 1 406 12.7 20.5 Non EU-countries total 2 192 3 960 36.0 57.8 Russia 25 1 773 0.4 25.9 USA 79 602 1.3 8.8 China 365 359 6.0 5.2 Nigeria - 345-5.0 Norway 934 342 15.3 5.0 Other non EU-countries 789 538 12.9 7.9 Balance of merchandise trade Million DKK 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 0-1 000-2 000 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Balance of trade Imports Exports 34
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Gross domestic factor income by industries 1998 2003 2008 2013 Percent Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 21.9 14.2 12.4 17.6 Manufacture of food products and beverages 8.2 8.1 6.2 6.7 Other industry, excluding energy 4.1 4.7 4.5 3.3 Electricity, gas and water supply 2.4 1.8 0.9 1.4 Construction 4.7 6.8 8.4 5.0 Wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants 11.3 12.1 11.0 10.0 Transport, post and telecommunications 8.3 9.3 10.3 11.0 Financial, real-estate and renting 14.1 14.0 14.6 14.4 Other business activities 5.1 6.4 7.2 7.3 Public administration, education, health and social work 20.0 22.5 24.6 23.3 Gross domestic product and gross national income 1998 2003 2008 2013 Million DDK Private final consumption 3 810 5 386 6 999 7 626 Government final consumption 1 856 2 824 3 881 4 350 Gross capital formation 1 566 2 916 2 543 3 653 Gross domestic final expenditure 7 232 11 126 13 423 15 629 Exports of goods and services 3 281 4 398 5 630 7 433 Less imports of goods and services 3 103 5 729 6 749 8 384 Gross Domestic Products 7 410 9 795 12 304 14 678 Primary income from the rest of the world 230 362 202 556 Gross national income 7 640 10 157 12 506 15 233 Current transfers from the rest of the world 1 081 747 762 812 Gross national disposable income 8 721 10 904 13 268 16 045 36
Gross domestic product and national income Mill. DKK 16 000 15 000 14 000 13 000 12 000 11 000 10 000 9 000 8 000 7 000 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 Gross national disposable income Gross national income Gross domestic product Public expenditures in percent of gross domestic product 1998 2003 2008 2013 Percent Total expenditure 52.7 55.8 59.6 52.7 General public services 9.6 6.6 6.3 6.3 Defence - - - - Public order and safety 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 Economic affairs 6.7 9.6 8.9 6.1 Environment protection 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1 Housing and community amenities 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.7 Health 6.5 7.5 7.9 7.4 Recreation, culture and religion 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.8 Education 7.1 8.2 10.8 8.3 Social protection 19.2 19.6 20.9 19.5 37
General government expenditure 1998 2003 2008 2013 Percentage of total expenses Total expenditure 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Final consumption 47.6 51.7 52.9 56.4 Transfers to households and subsidies 30.9 26.7 25.7 27.4 Property income 11.4 4.2 2.2 2.4 Gross capital formation and capital transfers 10.1 17.3 19.2 13.9 General government revenues 1998 2003 2008 2013 Percentage of total expenses Total income 122.0 103.1 95.3 95.3 Current taxes and social contributions 57.8 55.8 53.7 54.8 Taxes on production and import 27.2 26.7 25.7 23.7 Transfers from Denmark 29.1 15.6 11.5 11.5 Other income 7.8 5.1 4.4 5.2 Taxes in percent of gross domestic product 1998 2003 2008 2013 Percent Total taxes by national account groups 44.9 46.1 47.4 42.4 Taxes on production and import 14.4 14.9 15.3 12.8 Taxes on income, wealth etc. 26.8 28.7 27.3 24.9 Compulsory actual social contributions 3.7 2.5 4.7 4.7 Capital taxes - - 0.1 0.1 38
Current account 1998 2003 2008 2011 2012 Million DKK Income in total 5 062 5 996 7 723 9 035 9 378 Exports of goods and services 3 281 4 398 5 630 6 511 6 654 Income 645 727 1 183 1 282 1 730 Current transfers 1 137 871 910 1 242 993 Expenditure in total 3 574 6 218 7 879 8 151 9 824 Imports of goods and services 3 103 5 729 6 749 7 321 8 695 Income 415 365 981 677 991 Current transfers 56 124 148 153 139 Balance 1 488-222 - 156 884-447 Trade of goods and services 178-1 331-1 120-810 -2 040 Income 230 362 202 604 740 Current transfers 1 081 748 762 1 090 854 Foreign debt 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 Million DKK Public sectors, net 3 159 1 092 723 2 129 1 555 Liabilities 5 032 3 070 3 620 4 882 4 781 Assets 1 873 1 978 2 896 2 753 3 227 Private sectors, net -5 617-5 187-2 267-4 377-4 002 Liabilities 1 228 5 146 13 984 12 120 13 542 Assets 6 845 10 333 16 251 16 496 17 544 Total, net -2 458-4 095-1 544-2 247-2 447 Liabilities 6 260 8 216 17 603 17 002 18 323 Assets 8 718 12 311 19 147 19 249 20 770 39
Hósmøl, Nólsoy HAGSTOVA FØROYA Kvíggjartún 1 Postrúm 2068 FO-165 Argir Tel +298 352800 Fax +298 352801 hagstova@hagstova.fo www.statistics.fo