14 Dec

14 Dec 2018

GDP per capita in Iceland 30% above the EU28 average in 2017

Preliminary estimates for 2017 show that the GDP per capita in Iceland was 30% above the EU28 average. Iceland ranked in 5th place of the 37 participating European countries as in the previous year.

14 Dec

14 Dec 2018

94% of enterprises with less than 10 employees

In 2017 there were over 30 thousand active enterprises with more than 134 thousand employees. Turnover for these enterprises was 4,000 billion ISK.

14 Dec

14 Dec 2018

Total catch in November 98 thousand tonnes

The overall catch of Icelandic vessels in November was 97,802 tonnes, 26% more than in November 2017.

13 Dec

13 Dec 2018

Government account’s surplus of 1.8 billion in the 3rd quarter of 2018

In the 3rd quarter of 2018, the financial balance of the general government amounted to 1.8 billion ISK in surplus or 0.2% of quarterly GDP and 0.6% of general government total revenue. This can be compared with a surplus of 3.9 billion ISK in the 3rd quarter of 2017.

13 Dec

13 Dec 2018

General Government surplus of 13.9 billion in 2017

In 2017, the financial balance of the general government was 13.9 billion ISK in surplus or 0.5% of GDP, compared with a surplus of 12.4% of GDP in 2016.

12 Dec

12 Dec 2018

Value of catch in August 11.9 billion ISK

The value of catch from Icelandic vessels in August 2018 was 11.9 billion ISK, nearly the same as in August 2017.