Country statistical profiles: Key tables from OECD
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| Country statistical profile: Iceland 2013 | |||||||||
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| | Unit | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Production and income | |||||||||
| GDP per capita | USD current PPPs | 34 992 | 35 784 | 37 152 | 39 477 | 37 330 | 35 497 | 36 536 | 37 569 |
| Gross national income (GNI) per capita | USD current PPPs | 33 731 | 33 696 | 35 319 | 30 968 | 30 056 | 29 268 | 31 354 | 33 416 |
| Household disposable income | Annual growth % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Economic growth | |||||||||
| Real GDP growth | Annual growth % | 7.2 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 1.2 | -6.6 | -4.1 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
| Net saving rate in household disposable income | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gross fixed capital formation | % of GDP | 34.4 | 24.4 | -12.2 | -20.4 | -51.4 | -9.4 | 14.3 | 5.0 |
| Economic structure - value added | |||||||||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing: share of real value added | % | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.3 | .. |
| Industry: share of real value added | % | 14.0 | 15.4 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 20.6 | 21.0 | .. |
| Finance, insurance, real estate, business: share of real value added | % | 24.4 | 24.0 | 22.6 | 25.8 | 22.8 | 23.1 | 22.6 | .. |
| Government deficits and debt | |||||||||
| Government deficit | % of GDP | 4.9 | 6.3 | 5.4 | -13.5 | -9.9 | -10.1 | -5.6 | -3.8 |
| General government debt | % of GDP | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| General government revenues | % of GDP | 47.1 | 48.0 | 47.7 | 44.1 | 41.0 | 41.5 | 41.8 | 43.6 |
| General government expenditures | % of GDP | 42.2 | 41.6 | 42.3 | 57.7 | 51.0 | 51.6 | 47.4 | 47.4 |
| Expenditure | |||||||||
| Public expenditure on health | % of GDP | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | |
| Private expenditure on health | % of GDP | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |
| Public social expenditure | % of GDP | 16.3 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 18.5 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 17.6 |
| Private social expenditure | % of GDP | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | .. | .. | .. |
| Public pension expenditure | % of GDP | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | .. | .. | .. |
| Private pension expenditure | % of GDP | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 5.5 | .. | .. |
| Net official development assistance (Aid) | % of GNI | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Taxes | |||||||||
| Total tax revenue | % of GDP | 40.7 | 41.5 | 40.6 | 36.7 | 33.9 | 35.2 | 36.0 | .. |
| Taxes on income and profits | % of GDP | 17.6 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 16.4 | .. |
| Taxes on goods and services | % of GDP | 17.1 | 17.6 | 16.4 | 13.6 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.3 | .. |
| Taxes on the average worker | % of labour cost | 28.2 | 27.8 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 26.2 | 27.6 | 28.4 | 29.4 |
| Trade | |||||||||
| Imports of goods and services | % of GDP | 44.0 | 50.5 | 45.3 | 47.2 | 44.2 | 46.3 | 50.7 | 53.3 |
| Exports of goods and services | % of GDP | 31.7 | 32.2 | 34.6 | 44.4 | 52.9 | 56.4 | 59.1 | 59.4 |
| Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods | Bln USD | -1.9 | -2.5 | -1.9 | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | .. |
| Imports of goods | Bln USD | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Exports of goods | Bln USD | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services | Bln USD | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Imports of services | Bln USD | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Exports of services | Bln USD | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Current account balance of payments | % of GDP | -16.0 | -23.7 | -16.0 | -24.6 | -11.8 | -8.1 | -6.5 | -5.6 |
| Foreign direct investment (FDI) | |||||||||
| Outward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 10 091 | 12 990 | 25 172 | 9 412 | 10 180 | 11 466 | 11 521 | 12 165 |
| Inward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 4 709 | 7 692 | 16 451 | 9 214 | 8 622 | 11 784 | 12 656 | 10 065 |
| Inflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 3 086 | 3 858 | 6 822 | 917 | 86 | 246 | 1 108 | 1 087 |
| Outflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 7 102 | 5 555 | 10 181 | -4 206 | 2 291 | -2 357 | 23 | -3 197 |
| Prices and interest rates | |||||||||
| Inflation rate: all items | Annual growth % | 4.0 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.2 |
| Inflation rate: all items non food non energy | Annual growth % | 5.1 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
| Inflation rate: food | Annual growth % | -2.6 | 8.0 | -1.1 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 6.1 |
| Inflation rate: energy | Annual growth % | 6.1 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 21.7 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 8.7 |
| Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing | Annual growth % | .. | 17.5 | 1.8 | 31.0 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 9.2 | 1.1 |
| Long-term interest rates | % | 8.64 | 8.83 | 9.42 | 11.07 | 8.26 | 6.09 | 5.98 | 6.19 |
| Purchasing power and exchange rates | |||||||||
| Purchasing power parities | ISK per USD | 99.08 | 107.31 | 113.11 | 117.42 | 125.69 | 136.07 | 139.74 | 140.97 |
| Exchange rates | ISK per USD | 62.98 | 70.18 | 64.06 | 87.95 | 123.64 | 122.24 | 115.95 | 125.08 |
| Indices of price levels | OECD = 100 | 155 | 153 | 171 | 126 | 100 | 109 | 114 | 111 |
| Energy supply and prices | |||||||||
| Total primary energy supply (TPES) | Mtoe | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 | .. |
| TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs | Toe per '000 USD | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.53 | .. |
| Renewables' contribution to total primary energy supply | % | 75.9 | 78.4 | 81.6 | 81.3 | 81.8 | 82.5 | 84.3 | .. |
| Crude oil import prices | USD per barrel | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | |||||||||
| ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ICT related occupations: business sector employment | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Households with access to the Internet | % | 84.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 92.0 | 92.6 | .. |
| Environment | |||||||||
| Water abstractions | Mln m3 | 170 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | '000 tonnes | 1 411 | 1 323 | 1 419 | 1 305 | 1 151 | .. | .. | .. |
| Aquaculture | '000 tonnes | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Municipal waste total | '000 tonnes | 150 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 180 | 180 | .. |
| Municipal waste per capita | Kg | 520 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 550 | .. | .. |
| CO2emissions from fuel combustion | Mln tonnes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Education | |||||||||
| Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64 | % | 30.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32.5 | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student: non-tertiary, 2009 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 309 | .. | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student: tertiary, 2009 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 939 | .. | .. | .. |
| Youths 15-19 not in education nor employment | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6.8 | .. | .. |
| Youths 20-24 not in education nor employment | % | .. | .. | 6.4 | .. | 9.4 | 10.5 | .. | .. |
| Employment | |||||||||
| Employment rate in population aged 15-24 | % | 71.6 | 72.9 | 74.3 | 72.1 | 61.7 | 62.1 | 63.3 | 66.0 |
| Employment rate in population aged 25-54 | % | 88.2 | 89.1 | 89.4 | 88.1 | 83.8 | 83.7 | 84.0 | 85.1 |
| Employment rate in population aged 55-64 | % | 84.8 | 84.9 | 84.9 | 83.3 | 80.8 | 80.5 | 79.5 | 79.2 |
| Incidence of part-time employment | % | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
| Self-employment rate: total employment | % | 14.2 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.7 |
| Self-employment rate, men: male employment | % | 20.1 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 16.2 |
| Self-employment rate, women: female employment | % | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 |
| Unemployment | |||||||||
| Unemployment rate: total labour force | % | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.0 |
| Unemployment rate, men: male labour force | % | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 6.3 |
| Unemployment rate, women: female labour force | % | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| Long-term unemployment: total unemployed | % | 13.3 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 21.3 | 27.8 | 27.9 |
| Labour compensation and hours worked | |||||||||
| Labour compensation per unit labour input, total economy | Annual growth % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Average time worked per person in employment | Hours per year | 1 816 | 1 805 | 1 781 | 1 783 | 1 704 | 1 689 | 1 731 | 1 706 |
| Research and Development (R&D) | |||||||||
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | Mln USD | 287 | 324 | 308 | 308 | 337 | .. | .. | .. |
| Researchers: full-time equivalent | Per '000 employed | 13.4 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 17.1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Population | |||||||||
| Total population | '000 persons | 296 | 304 | 311 | 319 | 319 | 318 | 320 | |
| Population growth rates | % | 1.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0.2 | |
| Total fertility rates | Children | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | .. | .. |
| Youth population aged less than 15 | % of population | 22.1 | 21.5 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 20.7 | |
| Elderly population aged 65 and over | % of population | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.6 | |
| International migration | |||||||||
| Foreign-born population | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7.9 | .. | .. |
| Foreign population | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3.7 | .. | .. |
| Unemployment rate of native-born men | % of labour force | .. | .. | 2.2 | .. | .. | .. | 7.6 | .. |
| Unemployment rate of foreign-born men | % of labour force | .. | .. | 2.1 | .. | .. | .. | 11.7 | .. |
| Unemployment rate of native-born women | % of labour force | .. | .. | 2.1 | .. | .. | .. | 5.8 | .. |
| Unemployment rate of foreign-born women | % of labour force | .. | .. | 3.6 | .. | .. | .. | 10.4 | .. |
| Health | |||||||||
| Life expectancy at birth | Years | 81.6 | 81.2 | 81.5 | 81.7 | 81.8 | 82.0 | 82.4 | .. |
| Life expectancy at birth: men | Years | 79.6 | 79.5 | 79.6 | 80.0 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 80.7 | .. |
| Life expectancy at birth: women | Years | 83.5 | 82.9 | 83.4 | 83.3 | 83.8 | 84.1 | 84.1 | .. |
| Infant mortality | Per '000 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | .. |
| Overweight and obese aged 15 and over | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58.5 | .. | .. |
| Suicide rates | Per 100 000 persons | 6.7 | 7.2 | 4.6 | 7.7 | 4.6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Transport | |||||||||
| Goods transport | Mln tonne-km | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Passenger transport | Mln passenger-km | 5 145 | 5 455 | 5 730 | 5 585 | 5 646 | 5 626 | .. | .. |
| Road fatalities | Per mln inhabitants | 64 | 104 | 48 | 38 | 54 | 25 | .. | .. |
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Source: OECD Factbook statistics. For explanatory notes, see OECD Factbook 2013 (DOI: 10.1787/factbook-2013-en) |