Faroe Islandsi n f i g u r e s 2 0 1 7

H a g s t o v a F ø r o y a

Faroe Islands in figures 2017

June 2017

Published by:Statistics Faroe IslandsKvíggjartún 1P.O. Box 2068FO-165 ArgirPhone +298 352800Fax +298 352801

www.statistics.foe-mail: hagstova@hagstova.fo

Country Codes: Symbols:

FO: Faroe Islands - NilDK: Denmark 0 Less than halfGL: Greenland . Not applicableFI: Finland .. Data not availableAX: ÅlandIS: IcelandNO: NorwaySE: Sweden

© 2017, Hagstova FøroyaFotos: 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 NO

RÐ

URLE

NDSKT UMHVØRVISME

RK

I

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

4

Key figures, Nordic countries FO DK GL FI AX IS NO SE

Population and area 1 jan. 2017 Population in 1 000 50 5 749 56 5 503 29 338 5 258 9 995Females in pct. of total population 48.4 50.2 47.2 50.7 50.1 49.5 49.6 49.8Area in 1 000 sq km 1.4 43 2 166 338 1.6 103 324 450Inhabitants per sq km 36 133 0.03 16 19 3 16 22

Fertility rate. 2016 (GL, AX 2015) Total fertility rate 2 614 1 785 2 016 1 567 1 690 1 745 1 710 1 853

Life expectancy at birth. 2016 (GL, AX 2015) Life expectancy, men 79.9 78.8 69.6 78.4 79.5 81.0 80.6 80.6Life expectancy, women 84.7 82.8 74.1 84.1 84.3 83.6 84.2 84.1

Vital statistics per 1 000 people. 2016 Natural population increase 5.9 1.5 6.1 -0.2 -0.1 5.0 3.5 2.6Net migration 8.5 5.8 -5.6 3.0 8.2 12.2 5.0 11.7Population increase 14.5 7.2 -0.2 2.8 8.1 17.2 8.4 14.4

Marriages and divorces per 1 000 people. 2016 (IS 2013) Marriages 5.4 5.4 .. 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.3 5.4Divorces 1.1 3.0 .. 2.5 2.2 1.6 1.9 2.5

Induced abortions. 2014 Per 1 000 live births 47 269 987 169 258 216 253 330

Health staff and hospitals beds per 100 000 people. 2014 Dentists 95 77 55 73 94 84 84 80Physicians 263 363 173 310 302 366 443 396Hospital beds 514 244 821 453 394 .. 385 254

Labor activity rate. 2015 (FO 2016) Activity rate for population 16-64 years 90.6 78.4 73.7 75.3 81.1 87.9 78.4 81.7

Fishing, total catch. 2015 Fishing, 1 000 tonnes 586 869 104 148 14 1 273 2 319 203Fishing, tonnes per inhabitant 11.7 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.5 3.8 0.4 0.0

Foreign trade in pct. of GDP. 2015 Exports of goods and services 54 55 32 37 .. 54 37 46Import of goods and services 52 48 50 37 .. 46 32 41Note: Country Codes see page 2

5

Key figures, Nordic countries FO DK GL FI AX IS NO SE

Population and area 1 jan. 2017 Population in 1 000 50 5 749 56 5 503 29 338 5 258 9 995Females in pct. of total population 48.4 50.2 47.2 50.7 50.1 49.5 49.6 49.8Area in 1 000 sq km 1.4 43 2 166 338 1.6 103 324 450Inhabitants per sq km 36 133 0.03 16 19 3 16 22

Fertility rate. 2016 (GL, AX 2015) Total fertility rate 2 614 1 785 2 016 1 567 1 690 1 745 1 710 1 853

Life expectancy at birth. 2016 (GL, AX 2015) Life expectancy, men 79.9 78.8 69.6 78.4 79.5 81.0 80.6 80.6Life expectancy, women 84.7 82.8 74.1 84.1 84.3 83.6 84.2 84.1

Vital statistics per 1 000 people. 2016 Natural population increase 5.9 1.5 6.1 -0.2 -0.1 5.0 3.5 2.6Net migration 8.5 5.8 -5.6 3.0 8.2 12.2 5.0 11.7Population increase 14.5 7.2 -0.2 2.8 8.1 17.2 8.4 14.4

Marriages and divorces per 1 000 people. 2016 (IS 2013) Marriages 5.4 5.4 .. 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.3 5.4Divorces 1.1 3.0 .. 2.5 2.2 1.6 1.9 2.5

Induced abortions. 2014 Per 1 000 live births 47 269 987 169 258 216 253 330

Health staff and hospitals beds per 100 000 people. 2014 Dentists 95 77 55 73 94 84 84 80Physicians 263 363 173 310 302 366 443 396Hospital beds 514 244 821 453 394 .. 385 254

Labor activity rate. 2015 (FO 2016) Activity rate for population 16-64 years 90.6 78.4 73.7 75.3 81.1 87.9 78.4 81.7

Fishing, total catch. 2015 Fishing, 1 000 tonnes 586 869 104 148 14 1 273 2 319 203Fishing, tonnes per inhabitant 11.7 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.5 3.8 0.4 0.0

Foreign trade in pct. of GDP. 2015 Exports of goods and services 54 55 32 37 .. 54 37 46Import of goods and services 52 48 50 37 .. 46 32 41Note: Country Codes see page 2

6

1 287 Sandoyar 3 154 Vága 4 611 Suðuroyar 5 992 Norðoyar 11 069 Eysturoyar 23 751 Streymoyar

Sandoyar

Vága

Suðuroyar

Norðoyar

Eysturoyar

Streymoyar

Population by district. 1 Jan. 2017

7

Islands - area, population and height of mountains or peaks Area in Population Name of highest Altitude Rank Island sq km 1 Jan. 2017 mountain or peak in metres

1 Streymoy 374.2 23 511 Koppenni 789

2 Eysturoy 286.0 11 069 Slættaratindur 880

3 Vágar 176.4 3 140 Árnafjall 722

4 Suðuroy 164.7 4 611 Gluggarnir 610

5 Sandoy 111.3 1 245 Tindur 479

6 Borðoy 94.5 5 116 Norðan fyri Lokkaskarð 772

7 Viðoy 40.7 588 Villingadalsfjall 841

8 Kunoy 35.2 138 Kúvingafjall 830

9 Kalsoy 30.6 76 Nestindar 788

10 Svínoy 27.3 29 Havnartindur 586

11 Fugloy 11.0 45 Klubbin 621

12 Nólsoy 10.3 218 Eggjarklettur 372

13 Mykines 9.6 14 Knúkur 560

14 Skúvoy 9.9 32 Knútur 392

15 Hestur 5.9 21 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

1 287 Sandoyar 3 154 Vága 4 611 Suðuroyar 5 992 Norðoyar 11 069 Eysturoyar 23 751 Streymoyar

Sandoyar

Vága

Suðuroyar

Norðoyar

Eysturoyar

Streymoyar

8

Major mountains, islets and lakesMountains Altitude in metres Island

Slættaratindur 880 EysturoyGráfelli 856 EysturoyVillingadalsfjall 841 ViðoyKúvingafjall 830 KunoyTeigafjall 825 Kunoy

Islets Area in ha1 Island

Tindhólmur 65.0 VágoyMykineshólmur 45.0 MykinesTrøllhøvdi 19.0 SandoyGáshólmur 10.0 VágoyTjaldavíkshólmur 7.5 Suðuroy

Lakes Area in sq km Island

Leitisvatn 3.6 VágoyFjallavatn 1.0 VágoySandsvatn 0.8 SandoyToftavatn 0.5 EysturoyEiðisvatn 0.5 EysturoyNote: 1. 1 ha = 100 * 100m

9

Climate in Tórshavn by year, climate and month. 2016 Jan. Apr. Jul. Oct. Annual

Hours of bright sunshine 37 149 74 63 1.030

Average temperature °C 3.3 4.6 11.3 9.6 7.3Average day temperature °C 5.1 7.1 13.6 11.0 9.4Average night temperature °C 0.9 2.1 9.5 7.8 5.2

Precipitation in mm 116 48 54 65 1 119Days with precipitation ≥ 0,1 mm 29 24 19 17 256Days with precipitation ≥ 10 mm 3 0 1 1 29

mm ºC

Precipitation in mm Mean temperature

0

50

100

150

200

0

3

6

9

12

Dec.Nov.Oct.Sep.Aug.Jul.Jun.MayApr.Mar.Feb.Jan.

Precipitation in mm and temperature in °C

Note: Mean 1961-1990 in Tórshavn

10

Gjógv

11

Population by municipalities. 1 Jan. 2017 Total Females in pct. Total Females in pct.

Total 49 864 48.4 Vestmanna 1 204 50.2Fugloyar 45 32.6 Vága 2 026 47.8Viðareiðis 352 44.0 Sørvágs 1 128 48.8Hvannasunds 406 47.5 Skopunar 454 46.3Klaksvíkar 5 051 48.0 Sands 529 50.3Kunoyar 138 46.4 Skálavíkar 145 44.8Fuglafjarðar 1 521 47.3 Húsavíkar 117 50.4Eystur 2 060 46.6 Skúvoyar 42 33.3Nes 1 256 48.3 Hvalbiar 693 45.7Runavíkar 3 920 47.8 Tvøroyrar 1 729 48.1Sjóvar 975 47.8 Fámjins 84 45.2Eiðis 694 45.7 Hovs 103 50.5Sunda 1 705 46.7 Porkeris 295 46.1Tórshavnar 20 885 49.5 Vágs 1 356 47.7Kvívíkar 600 47.2 Sumbiar 351 44.7

12

Population by gender and age groups. 1 Jan. 2017 Total Males Females Females

in pct.

Total 49 864 25 728 24 136 48.40-6 years 4 687 2 378 2 309 49.37-14 years 5 847 2 992 2 855 48.815-17 years 2 052 1 076 976 47.618-24 years 4 369 2 348 2 021 46.325-59 years 21 458 11 304 10 154 47.360-66 years 3 954 2 040 1 914 48.467 years + 7 497 3 590 3 907 52.1

Population changes

Natural population increase Net immigration Population increase

mean 7

5-79

mean 8

0-84

mean 8

5-89

mean 9

0-94

mean 9

5-99

mean 0

0-04

mean 0

5-10

20

11

2013

2014

2012

2015

-1 500

-1 000

-500

0

500

1 000

2016

13

Population by age groups and marital status. 1 Jan. 2017

Up to 4

5-9

10-14

15-19

20-24

25-29

30-34

35-39

40-44

45-49

50-54

55-59

60-64

65-69

70-74

75-79

80-84

85-89

90-94

95+

FemalesMales

Single Married or Separated Divorced Widowed

2 000 1 500 1 000 500 0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000

14

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 2B. Unionist Party 6 046 18.7 6 -C. Social Democratic Party 8 093 25.1 8 3D. Independence Party 1 305 4.1 2 -E. Republican Party 6 691 20.7 7 4H. The Centre Party 1 779 5.5 2 1F. Progress 2 241 7.0 2 -

Immigrants and emigrants. 2016 Immigrants Emigrants

Total Males Females Total Males Females

Total 1 622 790 832 1 196 603 593

From country / To countryNordic countries 1 376 673 703 1 079 540 539 Denmark 1 229 595 634 936 451 485 Greenland 36 19 17 45 30 15 Iceland 25 14 11 31 21 10 Norway 60 33 27 36 19 17 Sweden 25 12 13 29 18 11 Finland 1 - 1 - 1 1Other countries 246 117 129 117 63 54

15

Employees by industry. Nov. 2016 Total Males Females Total Males Females –––––––––– In number –––––––––– ––––––––– Percent –––––––––

Total 25 534 13 156 12 378 100.0 100.0 100.0

Primary sector 2 710 2 177 533 10.6 16.5 4.3Agriculture 99 66 33 0.4 0.5 0.3Fishing 1 460 1 399 61 5.7 10.6 0.5Aquaculture 1 072 639 433 4.2 4.9 3.5Extraction of raw materials 79 73 6 0.3 0.6 0.0

Secondary sector 5 025 3 907 1 118 19.7 29.7 9.0Fish processing 1 388 775 613 5.4 5.9 5.0Shipyards/machine shops 714 644 70 2.8 4.9 0.6Other manufacturing 862 595 267 3.4 4.5 2.2Construction 1 902 1 759 143 7.4 13.4 1.2Energy 159 134 25 0.6 1.0 0.2

Tertiary sector 17 799 7 072 10 727 69.7 53.8 86.7Trade and repair 3 117 1 444 1 673 12.2 11.0 13.5Hotels and restaurants 701 240 461 2.7 1.8 3.7Sea transport 946 757 189 3.7 5.8 1.5Other transport 772 550 222 3.0 4.2 1.8Communication 369 226 143 1.4 1.7 1.2Finance and insurance 733 300 433 2.9 2.3 3.5Business services 818 524 294 3.2 4.0 2.4Household services 330 116 214 1.3 0.9 1.7Central administration 668 311 357 2.6 2.4 2.9Municipalities etc. 3 509 972 2 537 13.7 7.4 20.5Education 1.666 700 966 6.5 5.3 7.8Health & social work 3 454 466 2 988 13.5 3.5 24.1Culture, organizations etc 613 365 248 2.4 2.8 2.0Activities n.e.i. 103 101 2 0.4 0.8 0.0Note: 16-74 years old with at least 7 hours of payd work a month

16

Employed by age groups and gender. 2016 Total Males Females

Total 29 213 15 711 13 502 –––––– Pct. of population ––––––

Total 82 84 8015-19 years 67 63 7220-24 years 82 82 8325-34 years 87 90 8335-39 years 93 95 9140-44 years 95 96 9445-49 years 94 96 9350-54 years 94 95 9355-59 years 93 96 8960-64 years 83 82 8365-74 years 49 56 41Note: Labour Force Survey Nov. 2016

Employees and population (16-74 years)

Employees Population

Males Females Total Population

0

2 250

4 500

6 750

9 000

11 250

13 500

15 750

18 000

0

4 500

9 000

13 500

18 000

22 500

27 000

31 500

36 000

2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015

17

Unemployment

Fulltime equivalents Percent

Total in pct. of labour force Women unemployedMen unemployed

1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 0,0

2,5

5,0

7,5

10,0

12,5

15,0

0

250

500

750

1 000

1 250

1 500

Unemployment by age groups. 2016 Total Males Females Total Males Females ––––– No of fulltime equivalents ––––– –––––– Pct. of population ––––––

Total 802 372 430 2.6 2.3 2.916-24 years 144 63 80 2.5 2.1 3.025-34 years 199 86 113 3.7 3.0 4.635-44 years 155 73 81 2.5 2.2 2.845-54 years 134 57 77 2.0 1.6 2.455-66 years 171 92 79 2.4 2.6 2.3

18

Labour force composition. Nov. 2016 Total Males Females

Total population 15-74 years 35 571 18 724 16 847Labour force 30 219 16 235 13 984 –––––– Pct. of population ––––––

Activity rate 85.0 86.7 83.0Employment rate 82.1 83.9 80.1 –––––– Pct. of labour force ––––––

Unemployed 3.3 3.2 3.4Note: Labour Force Survey Nov. 2016

Labour force composition Nov. 2016

EmployedUnemployedNot in labour force

Male Female0

2 0004 0006 0008 000

10 00012 00014 00016 00018 00020 000

Note: Labour Force Survey Nov. 2016

19

Kvívík

20

Pensioners 2002 2007 2012 2016

Old age pensioners 5 764 5 983 6 846 7 697Disability pensioners 1 883 1 795 1 882 1 708

Population 65+ years in pct. of population, by municipalities. 1 Jan. 2017

14-16 1718-19 20-2425-36

21

Residents at homes for the aged 2005 2010 2012 2013

Total 445 542 583 645

Residential and nursing homes 286 368 423 489Elderly 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 767After-school centre 669 1 000 847 970Day-care centre 1 052 736 486 273

Hospitals and health centres 1990 2000 2010 2016

Hospitals 3 3 3 3Number of beds 310 296 243 205Beds per 1000 people 6.5 6.5 5.0 4.1Hospitalizations 9 512 10 319 10 813 11 861Hospitalizations per 1000 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 30Dentists 40 39 39 47

22

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

Males Females

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

100%

25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70+

23

National Church 2000 2010 2015 2016

Parishes 14 14 15 15Vicars 21 21 24 24Churches 60 61 61 61

Population 46 131 48 447 49 142 49 864Church members 38 911 39 941 39 847 40 234Church members in pct. of population 84.3 82.4 81.1 80.7

Church marriages 189 159 195 182Church marriages in pct. of all marriages 77 69 73 68

Theatrical plays 1998 2005 2015 2016

Amateur theatricalPlays 12 23 21 24Performances 84 153 120 111Visitors 6 977 11 485 12 273 13 455

The professional theatricalPlays 3 3 7 8Performances 60 76 139 110Visitors 5 250 12 198 11 769 9 136

Museum visitors 2001 2011 2015 2016

National Museum 11 922 14 585 11 912 8 541Museum of Art 10 443 8 700 11 545 11 536

24

Book publications

1980 2000 2016

Total 93 170 209 of this translations 34 66 102Fiction 17 34 33Non-fiction 24 75 71Textbooks 19 24 26Children’s books 33 37 79

Fiction

Non-fiction

Textbooks

Children's books

16%

34%

12%

38%

Book publications 2016

Newspapers. 2016 Weekly editions Circulation

Total 5 10 700Dimmalætting 1 3 000Sosialurin 3 6 500Norðlýsið 1 1 200

25

Reported criminal offences 1995 2005 2010 2016

Reported criminal offences, total 1 057 975 929 605

Sexual offences 40 28 24 22Crime of violence 63 71 82 80Theft 425 477 421 226Vandalism 370 275 250 158Other offences 159 124 152 119

Cinemas 2001 2011 2015 2016

Cinemas 2 2 2 2Screens 3 3 3 3Seats 358 347 347 247Seats per screen 119 116 116 116Seats per 1000 inhabitants 7.7 7.2 7.1 7.0

Number of visitors 85 651 82 703 72 697 70 767Number of visitors per inhabitants 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4

Foreign film premieres 88 103 134 120Note: The cinema Suðurbio was closed Jan - Aug 2007

26

Hoyvík

27

Wet fish catches. 2016 1 000 tonnes Percent Million DKK Percent

Total 75.1 100.0 867.8 100.0

By speciesCod 13.0 17.2 237.6 27.4Haddock 4.0 5.3 56.7 6.5Saithe 24.8 33.0 197.7 22.8Other 33.4 44.4 375.8 43.3

By fishing gearOtter trawl 10.4 13.9 195.5 22.5Pair trawl 40.8 54.3 316.2 36.4Long line 18.1 24.1 293.8 33.9Jigging line 1.6 2.1 18.8 2.2Gillnets etc. 4.2 5.6 43.5 5.0

By purchaserFaroese fish buyers 54.1 72.0 523.3 60.3Faroese fish auctions 15.6 20.7 252.0 29.0Foreign fish buyers 5.5 7.3 92.5 10.7

Wet fish catches

Million DKKTonnes in 1 000

0

200

400

600

800

1 000

1 200

1 400

1 600

Tonnes in 1 000 Million DKK

1993

19

95

1997

19

99

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

2016

28

Catches by foreign vessels in Faroese waters, live weight 2000 2005 2010 2016

––––––––––––––––– 1 000 tonnes –––––––––––––––––

Total 260.8 389.6 187.1 334.8

EU-countries 21.7 21.2 5.3 17.5Other countries 239.1 368.4 181.9 317.3

Total fish catch, live weight 1990 2001 2015 2016 2016 ––––––––––––––– 1 000 tonnes ––––––––––––––– Percent

Total 270 518 586 568 100

Atlantic Cod 30 40 40 37 7Haddock 13 17 7 7 1Saithe 66 51 28 32 6Atlantic Mackerel 10 23 107 94 17Atlantic Herring 7 35 42 55 10Blue Whiting (= Poutassou) 46 258 282 282 50Capelin 18 29 30 8 1Argentines 4 10 14 13 2Other 77 56 35 39 7

29

Harvest of salmon and trout 1996 2006 2015 2016 –––––––––––––––––––– Tonnes ––––––––––––––––––––

Total 15 307 15 662 66 090 68 271

Salmon 14 484 10 728 66 090 68 271Trout 824 4 934 - -Note: Gutted weight

Pilot whale catchesYears Hunts Whales Skinn values

2007-2016 72 5 437 40 489 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 2016 2016 –––––––––––––––––––– Percent –––––––––––––––––––– Mwh

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 317 353

Hydro 43.7 40.4 24.1 33.5 106 348Thermal 56.0 55.4 71.1 50.1 158 903Wind 0.3 4.2 4.8 16.4 52 102

30

International passenger transport, arrivals and departures

In 1 000

By air By sea

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

1975 1980 1985 1995 1990 2005 2000 2010 2015

Telephone subscribers

In 1 000

Fixed line Mobile phone Internet

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

200019951990 2005 2010 2015

31

Motor vehicles registered. 1 January 1990 2000 2010 2016 2017

Total 18 661 18 681 27 229 30 278 31 667

Lorries and vans 3 552 3 186 4 456 4 247 4 361Busses 118 137 230 211 215Taxies 232 92 101 105 109Private cars 13 986 14 087 19 873 22 188 23 233Trailers 773 1 179 2 437 3 376 3 595Emergency vehicles .. .. 132 151 154Private cars per 1 000 people 293 311 410 452 451

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 38Killed 3 5 1 4

32

Hósmøl, Nólsoy

33

Consumer price index, 2001=100 2005 2010 2015 2016

All-item index 104.5 116.0 117.1 116.8

Food and non-alcoholic beverages 103.8 119.2 124.4 126.0Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 110.1 132.7 141.5 143.4Clothing and footwear 93.0 96.4 93.7 94.2Housing, electricity and heating 101.7 119.1 111.8 107.2Furnishing and household equipment 100.3 97.1 95.0 94.4Health 112.9 116.5 118.5 118.8Transport 113.1 122.5 130.3 129.Communication 90.9 90.5 83.9 83.8Recreation and culture 105.7 104.2 105.4 106.7Education 99.2 115.6 116.7 116.7Restaurants and hotels 108.6 128.3 138.9 141.6Miscellaneous goods and services 108.2 127.1 129.4 128.2

Percent

4-202468

19911993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2016

Consumer price index, annual average rates

34Balance of trade Imports Exports 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Million DKK

-2 000-1 000

01 0002 0003 0004 0005 0006 0007 0008 0009 000

Balance of merchandise trade

Trade by country. 2016 Import Export Import Export –––––– Million DKK –––––– –––––– Percent ––––––

Total 6 592 8 022 100.0 100.0

EU-countries total 4 807 3 561 71.9 44.4Denmark 2 467 619 37.4 7.7Germany 877 522 13.3 6.5Utd. Kingdom 169 851 2.6 10.6France 148 369 2.3 4.6Netherlands 143 284 2.2 3.5Other EU-countries 1 003 916 15.2 11.4

Non EU-countries total 1 785 4 461 27.1 55.6Russia 18 1 907 0.3 23.8Norway 610 460 9.3 5.7USA 97 898 1.5 11.2China 371 569 - 7.1Iceland 248 211 3.8 2.6Other non EU-countries 441 416 6.7 5.2

35

Æðuvík

36

Gross domestic factor income by industries 1998 2003 2008 2013 ––––––––––––––––––– Percent –––––––––––––––––––

Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 21.9 14.2 12.4 17.6Manufacture of food products and beverages 8.2 8.1 6.2 6.7Other industry, excluding energy 4.1 4.7 4.5 3.3Electricity, gas and water supply 2.4 1.8 0.9 1.4Construction 4.7 6.8 8.4 5.0Wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants 11.3 12.1 11.0 10.0Transport, post and telecommunications 8.3 9.3 10.3 11.0Financial, real-estate and renting 14.1 14.0 14.6 14.4Other business activities 5.1 6.4 7.2 7.3Public administration, education, health and social work 20.0 22.5 24.6 23.3

Gross domestic product and gross national income 1998 2008 2015 2016 ––––––––––––––––––– Million DDK –––––––––––––––––––

Private final consumption 3 810 6 999 8 480 8 989 Government final consumption 1 856 3 881 4 437 4 755 Gross capital formation 1 566 2 543 3 829 3 708

Gross domestic final expenditure 7 232 13 423 16 747 17 452 Exports of goods and services 3 281 5 630 8 313 9 426 Less imports of goods and services 3 103 6 749 8 189 8 689

Gross Domestic Products 7 410 12 304 16 871 18 189 Primary income from the rest of the world 230 202 .. ..

Gross national income 7 640 12 506 .. .. Current transfers from the rest of the world 1 081 762 .. ..

Gross national disposable income 8 721 13 268 .. ..

Note: 2015 and 2016, forecasted

37

Gross national disposable income

Gross national income

Gross domestic product

1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

Mill. DKK

7 0008 0009 000

10 00011 00012 00013 00014 00015 00016 000

Gross domestic product and national income

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 6.3Defence - - - -Public order and safety 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3Economic affairs 6.7 9.6 8.9 6.1Environment protection 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.1Housing and community amenities 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.7Health 6.5 7.5 7.9 7.4Recreation, culture and religion 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.8Education 7.1 8.2 10.8 8.3Social protection 19.2 19.6 20.9 19.5

38

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 56.4Transfers to households and subsidies 30.9 26.7 25.7 27.4Property income 11.4 4.2 2.2 2.4Gross 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 54.8Taxes on production and import 27.2 26.7 25.7 23.7Transfers from Denmark 29.1 15.6 11.5 11.5Other 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 12.8Taxes on income, wealth etc. 26.8 28.7 27.3 24.9Compulsory actual social contributions 3.7 2.5 4.7 4.7Capital taxes - - 0.1 0.1

39

Current account 1998 2008 2013 2014 2015 ––––––––––––––––––––––––– Million DKK ––––––––––––––––––––––––

Income in total 5 062 7 703 10 823 10 852 11 841Exports of goods and services 3 281 5 630 7 749 8 367 9 137Income 645 963 2 093 1 517 1 710Current transfers 1 137 910 981 968 995

Expenditure in total 3 574 7 879 9 253 9 210 10 123Imports of goods and services 3 103 6 749 8 063 8 379 8 698Income 415 981 995 655 1 264Current transfers 56 148 196 176 161

Balance 1 488 - 376 1 569 1 641 1 719Trade of goods and services 178 -1 120 -313 -12 439Income 230 -19 1 098 862 446Current transfers 1 081 762 785 792 834

Foreign debt 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 ––––––––––––––––––––––––– Million DKK ––––––––––––––––––––––––

Public sectors, net 3 159 1 092 723 2 129 1 555Liabilities 5 032 3 070 3 620 4 882 4 781Assets 1 873 1 978 2 896 2 753 3 227

Private sectors, net -5 617 -5 187 -2 267 -4 377 -4 002Liabilities 1 228 5 146 13 984 12 120 13 542Assets 6 845 10 333 16 251 16 496 17 544

Total, net -2 458 -4 095 -1 544 -2 247 -2 447Liabilities 6 260 8 216 17 603 17 002 18 323Assets 8 718 12 311 19 147 19 249 20 770

H A G S T O V A F Ø R O Y AKvíggjartún 1 Postrúm 2068 FO-165 Argir

Tel +298 352800 Fax +298 352801 hagstova@hagstova.fo www.statistics.fo

Hósmøl, Nólsoy