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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

Mudryk strikes late as Ukraine defeat Iceland in playoff to reach Euro 2024

Read: The Guardian

2024-03-26

Ukraine qualifies for Euro 2024 after securing late comeback victory over Iceland

Read: CBC

2024-03-26

Hunting the Northern Lights in Iceland

Read: The New York Times

2024-03-25

Iceland looks to Euro 2024 bolstered by Gudmundsson after investigation

Read: The Star

2024-03-25

Mudryk aims to lift Ukraine past Iceland in Euro 2024 qualifying for first tournament since invasion

Read: The Star

2024-03-25

Satellites watch Iceland volcano spew gigantic plume of toxic gas across Europe

Read: Space

2024-03-23

Iceland to harvest more corn and less bitcoin, says PM

Read: Financial Times

2024-03-23

Metrics

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 3.79 % 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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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 3 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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