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Key Figures

Population 1. Feb'19

51,440

Wage expenditures mill. DKK Jan-Feb'19

1.615

Employees in number Dec'18

27,458

Unemployment in %, seas.adj. Dec'18

1.2

Wet fish catch 1,000 tonnes Jan'19

5.5

Wet fish catch mill. DKK Jan'19

66.8

Imports mill. DKK Jan'19

539

Exports mill. DKK Jan'19

890

Consumer price index 4Q '18
(1st. quarter 2001=100)

120.3

Consumer price index,
annual rate Q4 '18

1.6%

Updated: March 15, 2019
Source: Statistical Bureau of the Faroe Islands www.hagstova.fo.

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P.O.Box 1359
Hoydalsvegur 6
FO - 110 Tórshavn
Tlf. +298 599299
les@les.fo

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