Australia vs Faroe Islands: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Australia
4.2%
in 2025
Faroe Islands
4.0%
in 2013
Australia rank
121st
Faroe Islands rank
122nd

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Australia
  • Faroe Islands
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 4.2% against 4.0% in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 121st and Faroe Islands ranks 122nd of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.