Faroe Islands vs United States: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Faroe Islands
4.0%
in 2013
United States
4.3%
in 2025
Faroe Islands rank
122nd
United States rank
119th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 4.3% against 4.0% in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Faroe Islands's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Faroe Islands ahead.

Faroe Islands ranks 122nd and United States ranks 119th 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.