ICELAND

Capital Reykjavik
Area (km2) 103 000
Total population (thousands, 2021) 373
Population density (per km2) 4
National currency Icelandic krona (ISK)
National statistical office www.statice.is
Statistics Iceland
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 46%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2019 17%
   hourly wage, 2021 10%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 36%
Female tertiary students, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 66%
Female victims of homicide, 2018
   percentage of total for both sexes 33%
Women researchers, 2018
   percentage of total for both sexes 46%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 84.6
   males, years 81.8
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 21.9
   males, years 20.5
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.8
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 3.3
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 28.6
 
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
4.5
4.2
3.0
-0.1
-4.7
2.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
3.0
2.7
2.7
3.5
5.5
6.1
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
6.5
7.9
6.1
8.7
10.0
12.1
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2021 21 540
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 57 827
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 46.3
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 47.0
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 46 070
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   ISK per USD, US=1, 2021 150.642
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 0
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 2

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres ..
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2008 11
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 2 935
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 24
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres ..
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2016 7 301
      million tonne-kilometres, 2005 815