Distillers Faroe Islands
A one-page guide to the Faroe Islands for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Tórshavn
- Official languages
- Faroese, Danish (used by government in public relations)
- Currency
- Faroese króna (at par with the Danish krone, DKK)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 (UTC+1 summer)
- Area
- 12,960 km²
People
- Population
- 54,900 (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.5% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 39.6%
- Aged under 15
- 19.9%
- Aged 65 and over
- 17.8%
- Life expectancy
- 83.1 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$4.1 billion (2024)
- GDP per person
- US$74,175 (2024)
- Economic growth
- 0.84% (2024)
Climate
Mild, cool and wet oceanic. Tórshavn winters about 3-4 C, summers about 9.5-11 C (July mean max 12.8 C); about 210 rain or snow days a year; wettest months January, October and November.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Faroe Islands; World Bank Open Data API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); Our World in Data / WHO GHO alcohol per capita; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; The Spirits Business - Faer Isles distillery crowdfund (14 Apr 2025); Einar's Distillery (company site). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.