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Gransking og menning 2025

R&D expenditure amounted to 1.3% of GDP in 2025 — slightly higher than in 2024

Total expenditure on research and development in 2025 was DKK 388 million, an increase of DKK 53 million compared with the previous year. This represented 1.3% of GDP in the Faroe Islands.

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Unemployment

Unemployment at 0.9% in August

starvsfólk

30,211 employees in August — 860 more than the year before

løn

DKK 14.2 billion paid in wages in past 12 months – up 6.3% year-on-year

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