Faroe Islands — Unemployment rate

percent · Annual · 1995–2025 · 31 observations

About this series

The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.

In the Faroe Islands, the unemployment rate reading was 1% in 2025, compared with 1.6% in 2024. The period change was −0.6 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 1.96%.

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Latest observations

2016–2025

PeriodValue
20251 %
20241.6 %
20231.4 %
20222.1 %
20212.2 %
5 earlier values, back to 2016
20201.8 %
20191.4 %
20181.9 %
20172.6 %
20163.6 %
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.