Faroe Islands in Figures 2019/2020

Faroe Islands in figures 2019/2020

“Faroe Islands in Figures” is a pocket-size statistical summary of the Faroe Islands in tables and graphs. It contains key information about population, labour market, industry, culture, communication, international trade, economics, geography, climate etc.

Furthermore the booklet has an overview of key figures on all the Nordic countries. All the statistics are the lates figures available when published in July 2019 Our statbank is kept updated and might contain newer figures. Faroe Islands in figures 2019/2020

July 2019

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: [email protected]

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

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4 Contents

Key figures, Nordic countries ...... 6 Population ...... 9 Labour market ...... 14 Social affairs ...... 18 Health ...... 19 Culture and religion ...... 20 Justice ...... 22 Election ...... 22

Economic activities ...... 24 Transport and communication ...... 26 International trade ...... 29 National accounts ...... 30 Public finance ...... 32 Consumer price index ...... 34 Geography ...... 36 Climate ...... 38 Key figures, Nordic countries FO DK GL FI AX IS NO SE Population and area 1 jan. 2019 Population in 1 000 51 5 806 56 5 518 30 357 5 328 10 230 Females in pct. of total population 48.3 50.2 47.2 50.6 50.1 48,8 49.6 49.7 Area in 1 000 sq km 1.4 43 2 166 338 1.6 103 324 450 Inhabitants per sq km 37 134 0.03 16 19 2 16 23 Fertility rate. 2018 (AX 2017, GL 2015) Total fertility rate 2 483 1 730 2 016 1 407 1 684 1 707 1 560 1 750 Life expectancy at birth. 2018 (IS, SE 2017, FI, AX 2016) Life expectancy, men 80.5 79.0 69.4 78.6 79.3 80.6 81.0 80.4 Life expectancy, women 84.7 82.9 72.5 84.4 84.1 83.9 84.5 84.0 Vital statistics per 1 000 people. 2018 Natural population increase 5.7 1.1 5.9 -1.3 0.3 7.7 2.7 2.3 Net migration 11.0 3.2 -3.6 2.2 10.6 25.3 3.4 8.4 Population increase 16.7 4.3 2.4 0.9 10.1 33.0 6.1 10.7 Marriages and divorces per 1 000 people. 2018 (FI, AX 2017) Marriages 5.6 5.6 .. 4.7 3.9 .. 4.0 5.0 Divorces 1.2 2.6 .. 4.9 1.8 .. 1.8 4.9 Induced abortions. 2016 (FO 2017) Per 1 000 live births 29 263 1 030 177 265 253 224 325 Health staff and hospitals beds per 100 000 people. 2016 (DK 2015, FI 2014) Dentists 94 74 57 73 96 83 86 79 Physicians 262 365 187 309 316 385 462 410 Hospital beds 418 254 1401 435 264 .. 373 244 Labor activity rate. 2017 (FO, SE 2018, GL, AX 2016) Activity rate for population 16-64 years 91.5 78.8 74.6 76.4 81.0 88.4 77.5 82.5 Fishing, total catch. 2017 (FO 2018) Fishing, 1 000 tonnes 660 904 116 155 16 1 204 2 402 222 Fishing, tonnes per inhabitant 12.9 0.2 2.1 0.0 0.5 4.7 0.5 0.0 Note: Country Codes see page 2

6 Key figures, Nordic countries FO DK GL FI AX IS NO SE Population and area 1 jan. 2019 Population in 1 000 51 5 806 56 5 518 30 357 5 328 10 230 Females in pct. of total population 48.3 50.2 47.2 50.6 50.1 48,8 49.6 49.7 Area in 1 000 sq km 1.4 43 2 166 338 1.6 103 324 450 Inhabitants per sq km 37 134 0.03 16 19 2 16 23 Fertility rate. 2018 (AX 2017, GL 2015) Total fertility rate 2 483 1 730 2 016 1 407 1 684 1 707 1 560 1 750 Life expectancy at birth. 2018 (IS, SE 2017, FI, AX 2016) Life expectancy, men 80.5 79.0 69.4 78.6 79.3 80.6 81.0 80.4 Life expectancy, women 84.7 82.9 72.5 84.4 84.1 83.9 84.5 84.0 Vital statistics per 1 000 people. 2018 Natural population increase 5.7 1.1 5.9 -1.3 0.3 7.7 2.7 2.3 Net migration 11.0 3.2 -3.6 2.2 10.6 25.3 3.4 8.4 Population increase 16.7 4.3 2.4 0.9 10.1 33.0 6.1 10.7 Marriages and divorces per 1 000 people. 2018 (FI, AX 2017) Marriages 5.6 5.6 .. 4.7 3.9 .. 4.0 5.0 Divorces 1.2 2.6 .. 4.9 1.8 .. 1.8 4.9 Induced abortions. 2016 (FO 2017) Per 1 000 live births 29 263 1 030 177 265 253 224 325 Health staff and hospitals beds per 100 000 people. 2016 (DK 2015, FI 2014) Dentists 94 74 57 73 96 83 86 79 Physicians 262 365 187 309 316 385 462 410 Hospital beds 418 254 1401 435 264 .. 373 244 Labor activity rate. 2017 (FO, SE 2018, GL, AX 2016) Activity rate for population 16-64 years 91.5 78.8 74.6 76.4 81.0 88.4 77.5 82.5 Fishing, total catch. 2017 (FO 2018) Fishing, 1 000 tonnes 660 904 116 155 16 1 204 2 402 222 Fishing, tonnes per inhabitant 12.9 0.2 2.1 0.0 0.5 4.7 0.5 0.0 Note: Country Codes see page 2

7 POPULATION

8 Population by district. 1 Jan. 2019

Noroyar

Eysturoyar Streymoyar

Vga

Sandoyar 1 272 Sandoyar 3 289 Vga 4 593 Suuroyar 6 140 Noroyar 11 519 Eysturoyar 24 523 Streymoyar

Suuroyar

9 Population changes

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Population by municipalities. 1 Jan. 2019 Total Females in pct. Total Females in pct. Total 51 336 48.3 Vestmanna 1 235 51.0 Fugloyar 37 37.8 Vága 2 087 47.9 Viðareiðis 361 43.5 Sørvágs 1 202 49.6 Hvannasunds 413 47.5 Skopunar 461 45.6 Klaksvíkar 5 183 48.1 Sands 520 50.4 Kunoyar 146 42.5 Skálavíkar 139 47.5 Fuglafjarðar 1 554 46.5 Húsavíkar 110 49.1 Eystur 2 117 46.6 Skúgvoyar 42 31.0 Nes 1 329 48.2 Hvalbiar 674 46.7 Runavíkar 4 038 47.8 Tvøroyrar 1 715 47.8 Sjóvar 1 065 47.5 Fámjins 79 45.6 Eiðis 725 45.5 Hovs 101 48.5 Sunda 1 795 46.2 Porkeris 319 47.6 Tórshavnar 21 592 49.3 Vágs 1 342 47.2 Kvívíkar 592 47.0 Sumbiar 363 46.0

10 Population by gender and age groups. 1 Jan. 2019 Total Males Females Females in pct. Total 51 336 26 534 24 802 48.3 0-6 years 4 971 2 491 2 480 49.9 7-14 years 5 809 2 974 2 835 48.8 15-17 years 2 066 1 081 985 47.7 18-24 years 4 420 2 398 2 022 45.7 25-59 years 22 166 11 721 10 445 47.1 60-66 years 3 981 2 051 1 930 48.5 67 years + 7 923 3 818 4 105 51.8

Immigrants and emigrants. 2018 Immigrants Emigrants Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 1 843 1 055 788 1 279 663 616 From / To country Nordic countries 1 356 697 659 1 640 1 099 541 - Denmark 1 215 615 600 977 460 517 - Greenland 41 25 16 38 24 14 - Iceland 41 21 20 40 26 14 - Norway 30 18 12 22 14 8 - Sweden 24 16 8 13 11 2 - Finland - 2 3 9 6 3 Other countries 487 358 129 -361 -436 75

11 Population by age groups and marital status. 1 Jan. 2019

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12 SOCIETY

13 Labour force composition. Nov. 2018 Total Males Females Total population 15-74 years 36 522 19 269 17 253 Labour force 31 512 16 999 14 513 –––––––––––– Pct. of population –––––––––––– Activity rate 86.3 88.2 84.1 Employment rate 84.6 86.4 82.5 –––––––––––– Pct. of population –––––––––––– Unemployed 2.0 2.0 1.9 Note: Labour Force Survey

Labour force composition. Nov. 2018

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14 Employees and population (16-74 years)

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Employed by age groups and gender. 2018 Total Males Females Total 30 888 16 655 14 233 ––––––––––––– Pct. of population –––––––––––––

Total 85 86 83 15-19 years 75 75 75 20-24 years 87 86 89 25-34 years 90 92 88 35-39 years 93 95 92 40-44 years 94 94 94 45-49 years 94 97 90 50-54 years 96 97 94 55-59 years 92 93 91 60-64 years 86 88 84 65-74 years 53 59 46 Note: Labour Force Survey

15 Employees by industry. Nov. 2018 Total Males Females Total Males Females –––––––––––– In number –––––––––––– –––––––––––– Percent ––––––––––––

Total 27 169 14 120 13 049 100.0 100.0 100.0 Primary sector 2 700 2 208 492 9.9 15.6 3.8 Agriculture 114 69 45 0.4 0.5 0.3 Fishing 1 473 1 410 63 5.4 10.0 0.5 Aquaculture 1 018 641 377 3.7 4.5 2.9 Extr. of raw materials 95 88 7 0.3 0.6 0.1 Secondary sector 5 640 4 427 1 213 20.8 31.4 9.3 Fish processing 1 412 780 632 5.2 5.5 4.8 Shipyards/machine shops 803 723 80 3.0 5.1 0.6 Other manufacturing 896 588 308 3.3 4.2 2.4 Construction 2 358 2 194 164 8.7 15.5 1.3 Energy 171 142 29 0.6 1.0 0.2 Tertiary sector 18 829 7 485 11 344 69.3 53.0 86.9 Trade and repair 3 208 1 549 1 659 11.8 11.0 12.7 Hotels and restaurants 845 328 517 3.1 2.3 4.0 Sea transport 912 733 179 3.4 5.2 1.4 Other transport 845 584 261 3.1 4.1 2.0 Communication 355 225 130 1.3 1.6 1.0 Finance and insurance 758 302 456 2.8 2.1 3.5 Business services 910 586 324 3.3 4.2 2.5 Household services 404 152 252 1.5 1.1 1.9 - Central administration 626 297 329 2.3 2.1 2.5 - Municipalities etc. 3 716 963 2 753 13.7 6.8 21.1 - Education 1 752 698 1 054 6.4 4.9 8.1 - Health & social work 3 560 503 3 057 13.1 3.6 23.4 Culture, organizations etc 693 393 300 2.6 2.8 2.3 Activities n.e.i. 245 172 73 0.9 1.2 0.6 Note: 16-74 years old with at least 7 hours of paid work a month

16 Unemployment (year average)

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Unemployment by age groups. 2018 Total Males Females Total Males Females

–––– No. of fulltime equivalents –––– –––– Pct. of population –––– Total 510 231 279 1.6 1.4 1.9 16-24 years 89 43 46 1.6 1.4 1.7 25-34 years 133 52 81 2.3 1.7 3.0 35-44 years 102 45 57 1.6 1.4 1.9 45-54 years 86 34 52 1.3 0.9 1.7 55-66 years 101 58 43 1.4 1.6 1.2

17 Population 65+ years in pct. of population, by municipalities. 1 Jan. 2019

14-16% 4 25-38%

18 Pensioners 2003 2008 2013 2017 Old age pensioners 5 534 5 778 7 000 7 924 Early retirement pensioners 1 919 1 862 1 841 1 799

Children in day-care 2004 2010 2016 2019 Total 4 338 5 052 5 010 5 701 Kindergarten/nursery 2 617 3 367 3 767 4 334 After-school centre 669 1 064 970 1 109 Day-care centre 1052 621 273 258

Hospitals and health centres 1990 2000 2010 2016 Hospitals 3 3 3 3 Number of beds 310 296 243 205 Beds per 1 000 people 6.5 6.5 5.0 4.1 Hospitalizations 9 512 10 319 10 813 11 861 Hospitalizations per 1 000 people 200 226 224 240

Hospital staff total 954 766 910 998 - Physicians 63 57 74 72 - Nurses 356 267 329 375 - Other health and nursing training 142 179 180 293

General practitioners 25 27 27 30 Dentists 40 39 39 47

19 Cinemas 2001 2011 2017 2018 Cinemas 2 2 2 2 Screens 3 3 3 3 Seats 358 347 347 318 Seats per screen 119 116 116 106 Seats per 1 000 inhabitants 7.7 7.2 6.9 6.2 Number of visitors 85 651 82 703 78 375 85 526 Number of visitors per inhabitants 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 Foreign film premieres 88 103 122 191

Theatrical plays 1998 2005 2015 2018 Amateur theatrical Plays 12 23 21 13 Performances 84 153 120 112 Visitors 6 977 11 485 12 273 10 403 Professional theatrical Plays 3 3 7 10 Performances 60 76 139 172 Visitors 5 250 12 198 11 769 14 898

Museum visitors 2001 2011 2015 2018 National Museum 11 922 14 585 9 912 13 907 Museum of Art 10 443 8 700 11 545 12 287

20 Newspapers. 2018 Weekly editions Circulation Total 5 12 300 Dimmalætting 1 3 000 Sosialurin 3 6 500 Norðlýsið 1 2 800

Book publications. 2018

Children's books 42 31 Fiction Non-ﬁction Textbooks

Book publications 1980 2000 2017 2018 Total 93 170 20 206 Fiction 17 34 32 22 Non-fiction 24 75 73 63 Textbooks 19 24 25 34 Children’s books 33 37 72 87

21 National Church 1 January 2001 2011 2018 2019 Parishes 14 14 16 16 Vicars 21 21 24 24 Churches 60 61 61 61 Population 46 131 48 447 50 481 51 336 Church members 38 911 39 941 40 527 40 891 Church members in pct. of population 84.3 82.4 80.3 79.7 2000 2010 2017 2018 Church marriages 189 159 186 194 Church marriages in pct. of all marriages 77 69 68 68

Reported criminal offences 1995 2005 2015 2018 Reported criminal offences, total 1 057 975 610 468 Sexual offences 40 28 26 54 Crime of violence 63 71 101 83 Theft 425 477 220 139 Vandalism 370 275 161 98 Other offences 159 124 102 94

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 - F. Progress 2 241 7.0 2 1

22 BUSINESS

23 Wet fish catches. 2018 1 000 tonnes Percent Million DKK Percent Total 75.3 100.0 922.7 100.0 By species Cod 17.3 23.0 344.5 37.3 Haddock 5.8 7.7 83.0 9.0 Saithe 21.7 28.8 146.3 15.9 Other 30.5 40.5 349.0 37.8 By fishing gear Otter trawl 10.1 13.4 180.5 19.6 Pair trawl 38.4 50.9 280.1 30.4 Long line 19.3 25.6 365.2 39.6 Jigging line 2.6 3.5 38.3 4.1 Gillnets etc. 5.0 6.6 58.6 6.3 By purchaser Faroese fish buyers 51.7 68.7 471.5 51.1 Faroese fish auctions 18.5 24.6 332.0 36.0 Foreign fish buyers 5.1 6.7 119.2 12.9

Wet fish catches

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24 Total fish catch, live weight 1990 2005 2015 2018 2018 ––––––––––––––––––– 1 000 tonnes ––––––––––––––––––– Percent Total 270 565 586 660 100 Atlantic Cod 30 36 40 44 7 Haddock 13 25 7 9 1 Saithe 66 76 28 26 6 Atlantic Mackerel 10 10 107 81 17 Atlantic Herring 7 72 42 94 10 Blue Whiting (= Poutassou) 46 267 282 351 50 Capelin 18 20 30 14 1 Argentines 4 7 14 12 2 Other 77 52 35 29 7 Other 77 52 35 29 7

Catches by foreign vessels in Faroese waters, live weight 1999 2009 2017 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1 000 tonnes –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total 247.0 196.0 401.5 430.6 EU-countries 19.4 3.5 22.4 15.2 Other countries 227.6 192.5 379.0 415.3

Harvest of salmon and trout 1996 2006 2016 2018 ––––––––––––––––––––––––– Tonnes –––––––––––––––––––––––––

Total 15 307 15 662 68 271 64 732 Salmon 14 484 10 728 68 271 64 732 Trout 824 4 934 - - Note: Gutted weight

25 Pilot whale catches Years Hunts Whales Skinn values 2009-2018 91 6 631 49 039 2001-2010 79 6 265 49 267 1991-2000 101 9 112 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 1990 2000 2010 2018 2018 –––––––––––––––––––––––– Percent –––––––––––––––––––––––– Mwh Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 352 003 Hydro 35.7 35.7 24.1 30.7 108 082 Thermal 64.3 64.1 71.1 51.2 180 130 Wind – 0.2 4.8 18.1 63 791

Telephone subscribers

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26 International passenger transport, arrivals and departures

Motor vehicles registered. 1 January 1980 1990 2000 2010 2018 Total 11 440 18 774 18 848 28 151 34 092 Lorries and vans 1 790 3 552 3 186 4 456 4 539 Busses 77 118 137 230 212 Taxies 306 232 92 101 109 Private cars 9 020 13 986 14 087 19 873 24 213 Motorcycles 138 113 167 922 1 049 Trailers 109 773 1 179 2 437 3 816 Emergency vehicles ...... 132 154 Private cars per 1 000 people 209 293 311 410 480

27 ECONOMY

28 Trade by country. 2018 Import Export Import Export –––––––– Million DKK –––––––– –––––––– Percent ––––––––

Total 7 743 8 023 100.0 100.0

EU-countries total 5 505 3 397 71.1 42.3 Denmark 2 843 706 36.7 8.8 Germany 933 209 12.1 2.6 United Kingdom 279 840 3.6 10.5 France 169 236 2.2 2.9 Netherlands 176 189 2.3 2.3 Other EU-countries 1 103 1 217 14.2 15.2

Non EU-countries total 2 238 4 626 28.9 57.7 Russian Federation 84 2 191 1.1 27.3 Norway 605 380 7.8 4.7 United States 93 705 1.2 8.8 China 480 644 6.2 8.0 Iceland 328 143 4.2 1.8 Other non EU-countries 649 564 8.4 7.0

Balance of merchandise trade

4 29 Current account 1998 2008 2014 2015 –––––––––––––––––––––– Million DKK ––––––––––––––––––––––

Income in total 5 062 7 681 10 665 11 335 Exports of goods and services 3 281 5 688 8 217 8 676 Income 645 1 060 1 449 1 637 Current transfers 1 137 932 999 1 023 Expenditure in total 3 574 7 898 9 256 9 866 Imports of goods and services 3 103 6 768 8 220 8 537 Income 415 981 860 1 168 Current transfers 56 148 176 161 Balance 1 488 -217 1 409 1 469 Trade of goods and services 178 -1 080 -3 139 Income 230 79 589 469 Current transfers 1 081 784 823 861

Foreign debt 2003 2008 2014 2015 All sectors, net 3 584 1 803 -1 139 -659 Assets 9 897 16 919 21 094 23 032 Liabilities 6 312 15 117 22 232 23 691 Public sectors, net -777 265 -873 -733 Assets 2 892 2 520 3 212 3 890 Liabilities 3 668 2 255 4 085 4 623 Private sectors, net 4 361 1 538 -266 74 Assets 7 005 14 400 17 881 19 142 Liabilities 2 644 12 862 18 147 19 068

30 Gross domestic factor income by industries 1998 2008 2016 2017 ––––––––––––––––––––––– Percent ––––––––––––––––––––––– Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 21.1 11.7 23.7 22.0

Manufacture of food products 7.9 6.1 5.3 6.5 and beverages Other industry, excluding energy 3.7 4.1 3.2 3.5 Electricity, gas and water supply 3.0 1.5 2.5 2.3 Construction 5.9 8.6 5.5 6.2

Sale and retail trade, hotels 11.4 10.9 9.7 9.8 and restaurants Transport, post and telecommunications 9.9 13.0 11.3 11.2 Financial, real-estate and renting 14.1 14.5 13.3 12.7

Other business activities 4 3.7 5.5 4 5.1 5.1 Public administration, education, health 19.3 24.1 20.6 20.8 and social work

Gross domestic product and national income

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31 Gross domestic product and gross national income 1998 2008 2014 2015 –––––––––––––––––––––– Million DKK –––––––––––––––––––––– Private final consumption 3 847 6 826 7 710 8 312 Government final consumption 1 858 3 977 4 703 4 850 Gross capital formation 1 541 2 677 3 589 3 641 Gross domestic final expenditure 7 246 13 481 16 002 16 803 Exports of goods and services 3 281 5 688 8 217 8 676 Less imports of goods and services 3 103 6 768 8 220 8 537 Gross Domestic Products 7 424 12 401 16 000 16 942 Primary income from the rest 230 79 589 469 of the world

Gross national income 7 653 12 479 16 589 17 410 Current transfers from the rest 1 081 784 823 861 of the world Gross national disposable income 8 734 13 264 17 412 18 272

Public expenditures in percent of GDP 1998 2008 2016 2017 Total expenditure 53.2 59.4 47.5 47.7 General public services 9.6 5.5 3.8 3.7 Defence - - 0.0 0.0 Public order and safety 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 Economic affairs 7.7 9.4 7.1 6.4 Environment protection 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 Housing and community amenities 0.5 1.5 1.0 0.9 Health 6.6 7.9 6.5 7.0 Recreation, culture and religion 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.3 Education 6.8 10.8 7.7 8.2 Social protection 19.2 20.4 17.3 17.2

32 Taxes in percent of gross domestic product 1998 2008 2016 2017 Total taxes by national account groups 44.7 46.3 41.1 42.8 Taxes on production and import 14.4 15.2 12.2 12.4 Taxes on income, wealth etc. 26.6 26.4 24.0 25.5 Compulsory actual social contributions 3.6 4.7 4.9 5.0 Capital taxes 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

General government expenditure 1998 2008 2016 2017 ––––––––––––––––– Percentage of total expenses –––––––––––––––––

Total expenditure 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Final consumption 47.1 54.0 60.3 60.2 Transfers to households and subsidies 31.3 24.9 26.2 25.8 Property income 11.3 2.1 1.0 0.9 Gross capital formation and 10.4 19.0 12.5 13.1 capital transfers

General government revenues 1998 2008 2016 2017 –––––––––––– Percentage of total expenses –––––––––––

Total income 121.4 95.4 105.4 110.6 Current taxes and social contributions 56.9 52.3 60.7 63.8 Taxes on production and import 27.0 25.6 25.8 25.9 Transfers from Denmark 27.9 11.2 10.2 9.9 Other income 9.6 6.3 8.8 11.1

33 Consumer price index, 2001=100 2005 2010 2015 2018 All-item index 104.5 116.0 117.1 118.3 Food and non-alcoholic beverages 103.8 119.2 124.4 126.6 Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 110.1 132.7 141.5 146.8 Clothing and footwear 93.1 96.4 93.7 94.4 Housing, electricity and heating 101.7 119.1 111.8 110.8 Furnishing and household equipment 100.3 97.1 95.0 93.8 Health 112.9 116.5 118.5 120.3 Transport 113.1 122.5 130.3 132.9 Communication 90.9 90.5 83.9 83.9 Recreation and culture 105.7 104.2 105.4 107.2 Education 99.2 115.6 116.7 117.5 Restaurants and hotels 108.6 128.3 139.0 144.2 Miscellaneous goods and services 108.2 127.0 129.4 129.2

Consumer price index, annual average rates

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34 ENVIRONMENT

35 Islands – area, population and height of mountains or peaks Area in Population Name of highest Altitude Rank Island sq km 1 Jan. 2019 mountain or peak in metres 1 Streymoy 375.0 24 287 Koppenni 789 2 Eysturoy 286.3 11 519 Slættaratindur 880 3 Vágar 177.2 3 275 Árnafjall 722 4 Suðuroy 165.0 4 593 Gluggarnir 610 5 Sandoy 111.5 1 230 Tindur 479 6 Borðoy 94.7 5 250 Norðan fyri Lokkaskarð 772 7 Viðoy 40.6 605 Villingadalsfjall 841

8 Kunoy 35.3 146 Kúvingafjall 830 9 Kalsoy 30.6 75 Nestindar 788 10 Svínoy 27.2 27 Havnartindur 586 11 Fugloy 11.0 37 Klubbin 621 12 Nólsoy 10.3 224 Eggjarklettur 372 13 Mykines 10.1 14 Knúkur 560 14 Skúgvoy 9.9 32 Knútur 392 15 Hestur 5.9 20 Eggjarrók og Múlin 421 16 Stóra Dímun 2.6 10 Høgoyggj 396 17 Koltur 2.3 1 Uppi á Oyggj 477 18 Lítla Dímun 0.8 - Rávan 414

36 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 ha1 Island Tindhólmur 65.0 Vágar Mykineshólmur 45.0 Mykines Trøllhøvdi 19.0 Sandoy Gáshólmur 10.0 Vágar Tjaldavíkshólmur 7.5 Suðuroy Lakes Area in sq km Island Leitisvatn 3.6 Vágar Fjallavatn 1.0 Vágar Sandsvatn 0.8 Sandoy Toftavatn 0.5 Eysturoy Eiðisvatn 0.5 Eysturoy Note: 1. 1 ha = 100m * 100m

37 Meteorological observations for Tórshavn. 2018 Jan Apr Jul Oct Year total Hours of bright sunshine 39 107 104 64 1 009 Average temperature, °C 3.5 5.2 11.5 7.6 7.3 Average max. temperature, °C 5.3 7.3 13.6 9.6 9.2 Average min. temperature, °C 1.4 3.3 10 5.1 5.4 Precipitation, mm 99 59 52 147 1 072 Days with precipitation ≥ 0,1 mm 25 22 11 30 263 Days with precipitation ≥ 10 mm 2 1 2 5 33

Precipitation in mm and temperature in °C

Note: Mean 1961-1990 in Tórshavn

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