Transport and infrastructure on the Faroe Islands
Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of the Faroe Islands with the average of all countries in Europe.› Airports on the Faroe Islands
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Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 960 km. For each of the country's 52,889 inhabitants, this corresponds to 18.15 meters. This puts Faroe Islands in 29th place in the global ranking. However, it is also important to note that the country's population density is very low at around 38 inhabitants per km². In this case, disproportionately long distances generally have to be covered to reach the more remote parts of the country. On the Faroe Islands, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. This rule was introduced at the end of the 18th century during the Napoleonic Wars. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.Faroe Islands | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 1,000 km | 18,151.22 km | 687.68 m |
| Railroads | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
| Waterways | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
| Commercial harbors | 101 | 1,909.66 | 0.072 |
| Airports | 1 | 18.91 | 0.716 |
Europe | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 6,708,900 km | 11,154.38 km | 1,111.71 m |
| Railroads | 258,600 km | 429.97 km | 42.85 m |
| Waterways | 54,800 km | 91.17 km | 9.09 m |
| Commercial harbors | 15,273 | 25.39 | 0.003 |
| Airports | 573 | 0.95 | 0.000 |
Data sources used
• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)
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