Labour Market - Statistics Iceland

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Statistics Iceland has carried out a labour force survey since 1991. The survey shows the labour market status of the Icelandic population, e.g. activity rate, employed persons, unemployment and working hours.

Labour market statistics, 4th quarter 2018 7 February 2019
Labour market statistics, 3rd quarter 2018 1 November 2018
Labour market statistics, 2nd quarter 2018 9 August 2018
Labour market statistics, 1st quarter 2018 3 May 2018
Labour market statistics, 4th quarter 2017 1 February 2018

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Unemployment rate 4.0% in April 2019 23 May 2019

Number of unemployed almost doubled compared with job vacancies 2 May 2019

Seasonally adjusted unemployment 2.9% in March 2019 26 April 2019

3500 vacancies in the first quarter of 2019 8 April 2019

Seasonally adjusted unemployment 3.3% in February 2019 28 March 2019

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