| Country | Iceland |
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2020 |
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| Population | Evolution of the population | Total population | | 285.054 | 287.559 | 289.272 | 292.587 | 295.864 | .. |
Population growth rates | | 1.3706 | 0.8788 | 0.5957 | 1.146 | 1.12 | .. |
Total fertility rates | | 1.95 | 1.9329 | 1.9878 | 2.0385 | .. | .. |
Ageing societies | Ratio of population aged 65 and over to the total population | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11.7328 | 15.4986 |
Ratio of inactive population aged 65 and over to the total labour force | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17.1567 | 21.7527 |
| Macroeconomic trends | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | 8.6233 | 8.7299 | 8.892 | 9.7346 | 10.7051 | .. |
GDP per capita | | 30 251.4075 | 30 358.7224 | 30 739.0946 | 33 270.8955 | 36 182.6558 | .. |
Volume index of GDP per capita | | 119.2055 | 117.81 | 120.2744 | 128.0122 | 136.1078 | .. |
National income per capita | Gross national income per capita | | 29 291.5381 | 30 308.6616 | 30 251.0764 | 31 896.6635 | 34 921.681 | .. |
Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 3.614 | -0.3022 | 2.7 | 7.6532 | 7.5149 | .. |
Investment rates | Gross fixed capital formation | | 21.3023 | 17.7426 | 19.8196 | 23.2567 | 28.4484 | .. |
Gross fixed capital formation: machinery and equipment | | 6.9855 | 4.9197 | 4.6133 | 5.9622 | 10.2327 | .. |
Gross fixed capital formation: housing | | 7.3973 | 7.7822 | 8.4312 | 9.2255 | 9.8577 | .. |
Inflation | GDP deflator | | 8.6063 | 5.5866 | 0.5047 | 2.3592 | 2.8588 | .. |
Labour productivity | GDP per hour worked | | 4.0896 | | 3.151 | 8.1671 | 3.0491 | .. |
Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 8.907 | 8.9745 | 7.5216 | 6.6507 | .. | .. |
Value added in industry, including energy | | 19.2748 | 17.36 | 16.7082 | 16.4079 | .. | .. |
Value added in construction | | 7.5597 | 7.1772 | 8.1123 | 8.2894 | .. | .. |
Value added in in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 19.9723 | 20.4956 | 20.4705 | 20.1666 | .. | .. |
Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 20.3568 | 21.3519 | 22.0871 | 23.2659 | .. | .. |
Value added in government, health, education and other personal services | | 23.9295 | 24.6408 | 25.1002 | 25.2195 | .. | .. |
Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 1.5269 | 2.5521 | -3.12 | 3.8055 | .. | .. |
Real value added in industry | | 2.5686 | -3.9278 | 4.5309 | 8 | .. | .. |
Real value added in services | | 4.2744 | 0.6793 | 4.2038 | 7.4459 | .. | .. |
Small and medium-sized enterprises | Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 20 employees | | 87.8456 | 87.4797 | 86.3636 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20 or more employees | | 12.1544 | 12.5203 | 13.6364 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with less than 10 employees | | 76.3693 | 76.3686 | 75.7386 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 10-19 employees | | 11.4763 | 11.1111 | 10.625 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 20-49 employees | | 7.4074 | 7.5339 | 8.0114 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 50-249 employees | | 4.0689 | 4.2276 | 5.0568 | .. | .. | .. |
Number of enterprises in manufacturing with 250 or more employees | | 0.6781 | 0.7588 | 0.5682 | .. | .. | .. |
| Economic globalisation | Share of trade in GDP | Trade in goods and services | | 39.7103 | 37.1881 | 36.2901 | 37.4673 | 38.2548 | .. |
Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | -0.2501 | -0.0442 | -0.446 | -0.8034 | -1.8876 | .. |
Imports of goods | | 2.2686 | 2.2735 | 2.8265 | 3.6429 | 4.9788 | .. |
Exports of goods | | 2.0185 | 2.2294 | 2.3806 | 2.8395 | 3.0912 | .. |
Trade in services | Services trade balance: exports of services minus imports of services | | -0.0159 | -0.0078 | -0.1193 | -0.2055 | -0.502 | .. |
Imports of services | | 1.0687 | 1.1125 | 1.4968 | 1.8285 | 2.5459 | .. |
Exports of services | | 1.0528 | 1.1047 | 1.3775 | 1.6229 | 2.0439 | .. |
Balance of payments | Current account balance of payments | | -4.3535 | 1.559 | -4.8305 | -9.9403 | -16.2304 | .. |
FDI flows and stocks | Outward FDI stocks | | 840.1655 | 1 254.9561 | 1 733.3503 | 4 024.608 | .. | .. |
Inward FDI stocks | | 676.4912 | 797.3866 | 1 189.706 | 1 998.0071 | .. | .. |
Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 172.5607 | 90.8666 | 327.9298 | 653.8316 | 2 329.2933 | .. |
Outflows of foreign direct investment | | 341.7528 | 320.0159 | 373 | 2 553.0536 | 6 692.9102 | .. |
| Prices | Consumer Price Indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 106.4051 | 111.935 | 114.236 | 117.8438 | 122.5423 | .. |
CPI: food | | 106.8993 | 111.4082 | 108.4725 | 109.6246 | 106.7886 | .. |
CPI: energy | | 104.0673 | 101.8744 | 103.8959 | 111.7137 | 118.5553 | .. |
Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 10.3592 | 7.9597 | 6.6521 | 7.4917 | 9.0458 | .. |
Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities | | 88.6501 | 92.1798 | 93.4126 | 94.0237 | 94.5527 | .. |
Exchange rates | | 97.6708 | 91.5855 | 76.6933 | 70.1921 | 62.8752 | .. |
Indices of price levels | | 101.0053 | 111.3013 | 124.8766 | 131.0564 | 147.5532 | .. |
Effective exchange rates | Nominal effective exchange rates | | 85.2209 | 87.9076 | 92.0838 | 93.1681 | 103.6289 | .. |
Relative consumer price indices | | 88.7 | 94.75 | 99.34 | 101.84 | 115.44 | .. |
Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing | | 87.2357 | 92.9331 | 97.5978 | 100.2534 | 116.4585 | .. |
| Energy | Energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 3.36 | 3.4 | 3.39 | 3.5 | 3.63 | .. |
Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.405 | 0.414 | 0.399 | 0.388 | 0.382 | .. |
Energy supply per capita | Total primary energy supply per capita | | 11.799 | 11.79 | 11.718 | 11.938 | 12.355 | .. |
Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 8.03 | 8.42 | 8.5 | 8.62 | 8.68 | .. |
Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to energy supply | | 72.9167 | 72.3529 | 72.5664 | 71.7143 | 73.8292 | .. |
Energy production | Total production of energy | | 2.45 | 2.46 | 2.46 | 2.52 | 2.69 | .. |
Oil production | Production of crude oil | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .. |
| Labour market | Employment rates by gender | Employment rates: total | | 84.5976 | 82.8209 | 84.0604 | 82.8118 | 84.3715 | .. |
Employment rates: men | | 88.025 | 85.7315 | 86.8128 | 86.1542 | 87.4079 | .. |
Employment rates: women | | 81.0504 | 79.8289 | 81.2448 | 79.4137 | 81.2363 | .. |
Employment rates by age group | Employment rates for age group 15-24 | | 66.7642 | 59.393 | 68.0949 | 66.2902 | 71.5744 | .. |
Employment rates for age group 25-54 | | 90.6831 | 90.0217 | 89.188 | 88.0375 | 88.1997 | .. |
Employment rates for age group 55-64 | | 85.6048 | 87.2071 | 83.2873 | 82.0403 | 84.785 | .. |
Part-time employment | Incidence of part-time employment | | 20.3682 | 20.094 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Self-employment | Self-employment rates: total | | 16.847 | 16.5765 | 13.9619 | 14.1258 | 14.2529 | .. |
Self-employment rates: men | | 22.983 | 23.577 | 19.319 | 19.2951 | 20.2083 | .. |
Self-employment rates: women | | 9.7893 | 8.715 | 8.0693 | 8.3486 | 7.489 | .. |
Hours worked | Average hours actually worked | | 1 847 | 1 812 | 1 807 | 1 810 | 1 794 | .. |
Long-term unemployment | Long-term unemployment | | 12.5073 | 11.0791 | 8.0744 | 11.2209 | .. | .. |
| Science and technology | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | | 3.04 | 3.08 | 2.92 | .. | .. | .. |
Patents | Number of triadic patent families | | 5.9677 | 6.6752 | 8.2273 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer and internet access by households | Percnetage of households with access to home computers | | .. | .. | .. | 85.7318 | 89.3398 | .. |
Percnetage of households with access to the internet | | .. | .. | .. | 80.5879 | 84.4141 | .. |
Exports of information and communications equipment | Exports of ICT equipment | | 8.5104 | 13.0699 | 16.7506 | 18.3641 | 25.4778 | .. |
Telephone access | Telephone access | | 149.7709 | 157.334 | 163.245 | 164.2404 | .. | .. |
| Environment | Water consumption | Total gross water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 165 | .. | .. |
Per capita water abstractions | | .. | .. | .. | 570 | .. | .. |
Fisheries | Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | | 1 941.763 | 2 132.245 | 1 979 | 1 730 | .. | .. |
Aquaculture | | 4.51 | 3 | 6 | 8 | .. | .. |
Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from energy use | | 2.11 | 2.21 | 2.2 | 2.26 | .. | .. |
Municipal waste | Total amount generated of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 209 | .. | .. | .. |
Generation intensities of municipal waste | | .. | .. | 730 | .. | .. | .. |
| Education | International student assessment | Mean scores on the reading scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 491.7458 | .. | .. | .. |
Standard errors on the reading scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 1.558 | .. | .. | .. |
Mean scores on the science scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 494.7439 | .. | .. | .. |
Standard errors on the science scales in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003 | | .. | .. | 1.4681 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers frequently at school | | .. | .. | 40.6909 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at school, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.8359 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers frequently at home | | .. | .. | 89.1231 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at home, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.5622 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from less than one year | | .. | .. | 1.9173 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from less than one year, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.2811 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from one to three years | | .. | .. | 18.6556 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from one to three years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.7144 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from three to five years | | .. | .. | 29.9113 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from three to five years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.6781 | .. | .. | .. |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers from more than five years | | .. | .. | 49.5158 | .. | .. | .. |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students from more than five years, standard error | | .. | .. | 0.8581 | .. | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment | Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64 | | 24.6227 | 26.2569 | 26.2569 | 27.8281 | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34 | | 26.4926 | 29.0607 | 29.0607 | 31.2983 | .. | .. |
Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 | | 14.8257 | 16.6653 | .. | 17.3674 | .. | .. |
Expenditure on tertiary education | Expenditure per student in tertiary education: 2003 constant prices | | .. | .. | 8 023.0319 | .. | .. | .. |
Public and private education expenditure | Public expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 7.4749 | .. | .. | .. |
Private expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 0.4758 | .. | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education | | .. | .. | 7.9507 | .. | .. | .. |
| Public finance | Government deficits | Government net borrowing/net lending | | 0.1664 | -0.7688 | -1.9678 | 0.5031 | 5.4937 | .. |
Government debt | General government gross financial liabilities | | 46.3874 | 42.3391 | 40.4526 | 35.0375 | 26.6264 | .. |
Social expenditure | Public social expenditure | | 15.5915 | 17.2968 | 18.6992 | .. | .. | .. |
Law, order and defence expenditure | Law, order and defence expenditure | | 1.7715 | 1.824 | 1.9064 | 1.9014 | .. | .. |
Agricultural support estimates | Producer support estimate by country | | 56.9612 | 67.3652 | 68.2565 | 63.0901 | 66.5046 | .. |
Government support for fishing | Government financial transfers for fishing | | 28 310 | 28 955 | 48 348 | 55 704 | .. | .. |
Total tax revenue | Total tax revenue | | 36.5214 | 36.3898 | 37.7659 | 38.7225 | 42.4261 | .. |
Taxes on income and profits | | 16.0068 | 16.1395 | 16.9598 | 17.0392 | 19.2799 | .. |
Taxes on goods and services | | 14.9957 | 14.5706 | 15.1742 | 15.928 | 17.1408 | .. |
Taxes on the average worker | Taxes on the average worker | | 26.9035 | 28.4243 | 29.2075 | 29.3735 | 28.9645 | .. |
| Quality of life | Life expectancy | Life expectancy at birth: total | | 80.2 | 80.6 | 81.2 | 81 | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth: men | | 78.1 | 78.7 | 79.7 | 79.2 | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth: women | | 82.2 | 82.5 | 82.7 | 82.7 | .. | .. |
Infant mortality | Infant mortality | | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | .. | .. |
Obesity | Overweight population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | 12.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | 40.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight population aged 15 or more: males |  | .. | 44.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more: males |  | .. | 12.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: males | | .. | 57.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight population aged 15 or more | | .. | 35.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Obese population aged 15 or more | | .. | 12.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more | | .. | 48.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Public and private health expenditure | Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 2 777 | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 3 331 | .. | .. |
Public expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 151 | .. | .. |
Total expenditure on health per capita | | .. | .. | .. | 130 | .. | .. |
Tourism: hotel nights | Arrivals of non-resident tourists in hotels and similar establishments and at borders | | 464.621 | 513.075 | 569.194 | 614.923 | 643.376 | .. |
Recreation and culture | Household expenditure on recreation and culture | | 6.9428 | 6.9283 | 6.7411 | 6.6059 | 6.5361 | .. |
Government expenditure on recreation and culture | | 2.6192 | 2.6699 | 2.8148 | 2.7611 | .. | .. |
Household and government expenditure on recreation and culture | | 9.562 | 9.5982 | 9.5559 | 9.367 | .. | .. |
Youth inactivity | Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: males | | 1.9715 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: females | | 1.0237 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Prison population | Prison population rate | | 110 | .. | .. | 39 | .. | .. |
Road motor vehicles and road fatalities | Road motor vehicles | | 688.2096 | 693.9601 | 709.3426 | 744.8276 | 731.9255 | .. |
Road fatalities | | 83.8428 | 100.6242 | 79.5848 | 79.3103 | 64.3823 | .. |
Road fatalities | | 131.8681 | 155.914 | 121.0526 | 121.0526 | 87.963 | .. |
MIGRATION | Inflows of asylum seekers | Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | 216.6667 | 487.5 | 333.3333 | 312.5 | 388.8889 | .. |
Inflows of asylum seekers into OECD countries | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 90 | .. |