MigrantoLiving in the Faroe Islands
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Key insights on migration trends, cost of living, visas, economy, and quality of life in the Faroe Islands
Migration trends
Unusually, the Faroese diaspora is shrinking: about 12.3K Faroe Islanders live abroad, down 6% over the past decade. The overwhelming majority — 10.6K — are in Denmark, with small communities in Norway and Iceland. Movement onto the islands is slighter still, at 7.6K foreign-born residents.
Immigrants7.6K · foreign-born residents
Diaspora12.3K · Faroese abroad
Trends−4.7K · more leave than arrive
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