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Key facts
- Currency: Iceland krona
- Capital city: Reykjavík
- Region: Northern Europe
- Continent: Europe
- Land area: 100,830 km²
- Population: 382,003
- Political Leader: Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Prime Minister)
Latest news (see all)
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Read: The Guardian
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Metrics
General information
Business
| Central government debt | 88.46 % of GDP |
| Expense | 33.84 % of GDP |
| GDP | 28,064,500,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 8.31 annual % |
| Self-employed | 13.67 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 23.03 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 3.05 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 9.69 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 18,720.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 37.52 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 1,446.60 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 73.31 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 0.02 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 26.67 % of total |
| Net energy imports | 11.56 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 1.82 births per woman |
| Forest area | 520 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 11.29 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -1,573.88 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 32.10 years |
| Methane emissions | 515.16 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 368.66 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 186,202 |
| Male Population | 195,800 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 82.79 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 88,792.00 km² |
| Rural population | 22,951 |
| Urban land area | 107.56 km² |
| Urban population | 359,052 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 6.32 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 13.10 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 6.30 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 6,636.00 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 9.65 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 2.83 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 11.90 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 100.00 % of population |
| Individuals using the Internet | 99.69 % of population |
| Net migration | 380 |
| Press freedom | 5.32 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 0 |
| Democracy score | 9.58 |
| Democracy type | Full democracy |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 47.62 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
