Diabetes prevalence in Faroe Islands

An estimated 5.3% of people aged 20 to 79 in Faroe Islands had diabetes in 2024.

Measure: Diabetes prevalence, ages 20 to 79 Unit: % of population aged 20 to 79 Data: 2024 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Faroe Islands, 2024 5.3% % of population aged 20 to 79
World, 2024 10.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 174th of 209 See the full ranking

Diabetes prevalence in Faroe Islands over time

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% of population aged 20 to 79. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Diabetes prevalence, ages 20 to 79 (% of population aged 20 to 79), 2011 to 2024
Period Faroe IslandsWorld
2024 5.3% 10.8%
2011 – 8.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Faroe Islands has the 174th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.8%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Atlas
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.STA.DIAB.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2024 to 2024 for Faroe Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Atlas