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Iceland

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Iceland is a country. The capital city is Reykjavík, located in the Northern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 100,830 km², a population of 393,349 people and uses the currency Iceland krona. The Prime Minister is Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

Key facts

currency: Iceland krona
capital city: Reykjavík
region: Northern Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 100,830 km²
population: 393,349 people
political leader: Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 81.06 % of GDP
expense: 32.44 % of GDP
GDP: 31,325,116,556.38 current US$
inflation: 8.74 annual %
self-employed workers: 13.68 % of total employment
tax revenue: 23.44 % of GDP
unemployment: 3.52 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 12.40 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 0 people
democracy score: 9.58
democracy type: Full democracy
individuals using the Internet: 99.80 % of population
net migration: 4,630 people
press freedom: 5.32
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 47.62 %
birth rate: 11.50 per 1,000 people
death rate: 7.00 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 6,400.00 current US$
health expenditure: 8.57 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.04 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.83 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 82
suicide mortality rate: 11.90 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 18,720.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 37.52 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 3.09 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
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: 1.59 births per woman
forest area: 526 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 11.29 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 4.17 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 31.90
methane emissions: 0.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 0.29 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 191,955 people
male population: 201,394 people
renewable energy consumption: 82.40 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 88,792.01 km²
rural population: 23,436 people
urban land area: 107.56 km²
urban population: 369,913 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 6.32 % of total population

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Location on a map: 65°0′N, -18°0′W

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Iceland is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Northern Europe and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of companies in Iceland by foundation year

Distribution of universities in Iceland per foundation year

Distribution of politicians from Iceland by birth year

Distribution of athletes from Iceland by birth date

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Iceland with forecast

Evolution of historical rural land area in Iceland with forecast

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Iceland with forecast

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Iceland with forecast

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Iceland by mean width

Map of the distribution of museums in Iceland by visitors

Map of the distribution of cities in Iceland by population

Map of the distribution of sites in Iceland by area

Share of revenue types by company in Iceland

Share of CEOs per gender in Iceland

Share of diseases in Iceland by mortality rate

Share of transboundary sites in Iceland

Correlation of GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 by countries yearly in Iceland

Correlation of self-employment and vulnerable employment by countries yearly in Iceland

Correlation of urban land area and urban population by countries yearly in Iceland

Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area by countries yearly in Iceland

In literature

There are 288 books written about Iceland in the database.

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders.

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