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Iceland

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Key facts

  • 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

Location on a map: [65°0′N, -18°0′W]

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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.

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
  • 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

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

Iceland relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Iceland relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Iceland

Iceland relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Iceland

Iceland relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

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

Iceland relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Iceland relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Iceland relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

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

Evolution of historical internet access in Iceland

Evolution of historical land area in Iceland

Evolution of historical median age in Iceland

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Iceland

Iceland relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Iceland relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Iceland relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Iceland relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Iceland relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Iceland relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Iceland

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Iceland

Iceland relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Iceland relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Iceland relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Iceland

Iceland relationship between urban land area and population over time

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 total rural land area in Iceland

Evolution of historical rural population in Iceland

Iceland relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Iceland

Iceland relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Iceland

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

Iceland relationship between date and population over time

Iceland relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Iceland

Iceland relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Iceland relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Iceland

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Iceland

Iceland relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Iceland relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Iceland relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Iceland relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Iceland relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Iceland

Iceland relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Iceland relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Iceland relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Iceland relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Iceland relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Iceland relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

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

Distribution of sites in Iceland by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Iceland by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Iceland

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Iceland by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Iceland

Cities in Iceland

Sites in Iceland

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

Distribution of companies from Iceland by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Iceland

Evolution of historical expense in Iceland

Evolution of historical GDP in Iceland

Iceland relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Iceland

Evolution of historical self employed in Iceland

Iceland relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Iceland

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Iceland

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Iceland

Distribution of shops in Iceland by country

Companies in Iceland

Exchanges in Iceland

Shops 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

Iceland relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Iceland relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Iceland relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Iceland relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Iceland relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Iceland

Iceland relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

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 in Iceland

Iceland relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Iceland relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Iceland

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Iceland

Distribution of diseases in Iceland by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Iceland by start date

Evolution of historical covid cases in Iceland

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Iceland

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Iceland

Diseases in Iceland

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 0 people
  • Democracy score: 9.58
  • Democracy type: Full democracy
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 47.62 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Iceland

Iceland relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Iceland relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Iceland relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Iceland relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Iceland relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Iceland relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Iceland relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Iceland

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

Distribution of politicians from Iceland by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Iceland by gender

Political parties in Iceland

Politicians from Iceland

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Iceland by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Iceland

Distribution of competitions by city in Iceland

Distribution of competitions by country in Iceland

Distribution of competitions in Iceland by start date

Distribution of medals won by Iceland at the Olympics

Athletes from Iceland

Competitions in Iceland

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Iceland by birth date

Distribution of artists from Iceland by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Iceland by visitors

Artists from Iceland

Museums in Iceland

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Iceland by total students

Distribution of universities in Iceland by 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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