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22 Jun

22 June 2018

More students at the upper secondary level graduate in four years

In the autumn of 2012 there were 4,677 new entrants in day courses at the upper secondary level in I...

21 Jun

21 June 2018

Tourism amounted to 8.1% of GDP in 2016

Tourism as a proportion of GDP amounted to 8.1% in 2016. Tourism share of GDP was 6.2% in 2015 and 5...

21 Jun

21 June 2018

The wage index in May 2018 is 2.3% higher than in the previous month

The wage index in May 2018 is 656.5 points, 2.3% higher than in the previous month. In the last twel...

20 Jun

20 June 2018

GDP in Iceland 30% above the EU28 average

GDP volume per capita (based on PPP's) in Iceland was 30% above the EU28 average in 2017 (preliminar...

19 Jun

19 June 2018

The building cost index up by 0.1% from previous month

The building cost index compiled in the middle of June 2018 is 139.2 points (December 2009=100), 0.1...

18 Jun

18 June 2018

Life expectancy in Iceland is one of the highest in Europe

In 2017, the life expectancy in Iceland was 80.6 years for men and 83.9 years for women.

News archive

451.8

Consumer price index in May and inflation index in July 2018

656.5

Wage index in May 2018

139.2

Building cost index in July 2018

190.5

Producer price index in April 2018

Indices overview

350,710

Population 1 quarter 2018

3.6%

Economic growth 2017

4.5%

Unemployment in April

2.0%

Inflation in May, 12 month change CPI

Graphs

Release calendar

New registrations and insolvencies of limited liability companies in May 2018 26 June 2018
Import of raw material 26 June 2018
Consumer price index in June 2018 27 June 2018
Producer price index in May 2018 28 June 2018
Meat production in May 2018 28 June 2018
Labour force survey in May 2018 28 June 2018
External trade in goods, January–May 2018 29 June 2018
Value of catch, March 2018 29 June 2018
Hatching of poultry chicks in May 2018 29 June 2018

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