Cayman Islands vs Faroe Islands

Cayman Islands and Faroe Islands compared on 8 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Cayman Islands has about 1.4 times as many people as Faroe Islands: 75,844 against 54,900 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Cayman Islands ($104,293) is 41% higher than in Faroe Islands ($74,175) in 2024.
• The economy grew faster in Cayman Islands (3.8%) than in Faroe Islands (0.8%), a difference of 3 percentage points in 2024.
• A baby born in Faroe Islands can expect to live 2.6 years longer than one born in Cayman Islands: 83.1 years against 80.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Cayman Islands is older: half of its people are over 37.9 years, against 37.3 years in Faroe Islands in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Faroe Islands (97.6%) than in Cayman Islands (81.1%), a difference of 16.5 percentage points in 2017.
• CO2 emissions per person in Cayman Islands (5 tonnes) are about 125 times as high as in Faroe Islands (0.04 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Cayman Islands (53%) than in Faroe Islands (0.1%), a difference of 52.9 percentage points in 2024.