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Iceland

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currency: Iceland krona
capital city: Reykjavík
region: Northern Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 100,830 km²
population: 393,600 people
political leader: Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Prime Minister)

Classified as: place

Summary

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 393,600 people and uses the currency Iceland krona. The Prime Minister is Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

Location on a map: [65°0′N, -18°0′W]

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Environment

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

Agricultural land: 18,720.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 37.52 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 3.56 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: 520 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 11.29 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 4.77 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 32.50
Methane emissions: 0.58 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.29 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 191,856 people
Male population: 201,745 people
Renewable energy consumption: 82.40 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 88,792.01 km²
Rural population: 23,451 people
Urban land area: 107.56 km²
Urban population: 370,149 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 6.32 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Iceland by population

Cities in Iceland

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Iceland

Evolution of historical forest area in Iceland

Distribution of sites in Iceland by inscription year

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Iceland

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Iceland

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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Iceland

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Iceland

Evolution of historical land area in Iceland

Evolution of historical median age in Iceland

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Iceland

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Iceland

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Geographical distribution of sites in Iceland by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Iceland

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Iceland

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Iceland

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Iceland

Evolution of historical population in Iceland

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Evolution of historical female population in Iceland

Evolution of historical male population in Iceland

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Iceland

Evolution of historical rural land area in Iceland

Evolution of historical rural population in Iceland

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Evolution of historical urban land area in Iceland

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Iceland

Evolution of historical urban population in Iceland

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Iceland

Relationship between population and date in Iceland

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Iceland

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Iceland

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Iceland

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Iceland

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Iceland

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Iceland

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Iceland

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Iceland

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Iceland

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Iceland

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Iceland

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Iceland

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Iceland

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Iceland

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Sites in Iceland

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Iceland

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Iceland

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Iceland

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Iceland

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Iceland

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Iceland

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Iceland

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Iceland

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Iceland

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Iceland

Proportion of transboundary sites in Iceland

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Iceland by mean width

Wildfires in Iceland

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Iceland

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Business

Central government debt: 87.52 % of GDP
Expense: 33.52 % of GDP
Gdp: 31,020,032,583.20 current US$
Inflation: 8.74 annual %
Self-employed workers: 13.67 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 22.52 % of GDP
Unemployment: 3.56 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 9.69 % of total employment

Shops in Iceland

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Iceland

Companies from Iceland

Proportion of employee types in companies from Iceland

Distribution of companies founded in Iceland by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Iceland

Evolution of historical central government debt in Iceland

Evolution of historical expense in Iceland

Evolution of historical GDP in Iceland

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Iceland

Evolution of historical inflation in Iceland

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Iceland

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Iceland

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Iceland

Evolution of historical unemployment in Iceland

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Iceland

Exchanges in Iceland

Proportion of shops per country in Iceland

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 0 people
Democracy score: 9.58
Democracy type: Full democracy
Individuals using the internet: 99.86 % of population
Net migration: 380 people
Press freedom: 5.32
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 47.62 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Iceland

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Iceland

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Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Iceland

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Iceland

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Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Iceland

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Iceland

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Iceland

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Iceland

Evolution of historical net migration in Iceland

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Iceland

Political parties in Iceland

Distribution of politicians from Iceland by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Iceland

Politicians from Iceland

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Health

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

Evolution of historical birth rate in Iceland

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Iceland

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Iceland

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Iceland

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Iceland

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Iceland

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Iceland

Evolution of historical death rate in Iceland

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Iceland

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Iceland

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Iceland

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Iceland

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Iceland

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Iceland

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Iceland

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Iceland

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Iceland

Diseases in Iceland

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Iceland

Proportion of diseases in Iceland by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Iceland by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Iceland

Evolution of historical deaths in Iceland

Relationship between cases and deaths in Iceland

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Iceland by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Iceland

Athletes from Iceland

Proportion of competitions per city in Iceland

Competitions in Iceland

Proportion of competitions per country in Iceland

Distribution of competitions in Iceland by start date

Proportion of medals won by Iceland in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Iceland

Distribution of artists from Iceland by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Iceland

Geographical distribution of museums in Iceland by visitors

Museums in Iceland

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Iceland by total students

Distribution of universities in Iceland per foundation year

Universities in Iceland

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In literature

There are 288 books written about Iceland in the database

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

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