Tag: Statistics Iceland
The value of money fell by 1.7%.
Statistics Iceland estimates that the purchasing power of household disposable income per capita fell by 1.7 percent last year compared to the previous year. The decline in purchasing power was the largest in the last quarter of the year. According to the preliminary results published today by the Statistical Office, household income increased by 9.2% […]
Record population growth
Iceland’s population has grown by more than 11,500 people over the years, up 3.1% from last year. This is the largest population growth in Icelandic history. According to the latest data from Statistics Iceland, on January 1, the population of Iceland was 387,758, which is 11,510 more than on January 1, 2022. data on […] […]
49,000 Icelanders currently live abroad
According to new figures from Statistics Iceland, nearly 49,000 Icelanders (13.2% of the population) have registered legal residence outside of Iceland. The most popular destinations are Denmark, Sweden and Norway. On January 25, the Statistical Office published data on the number of Icelandic citizens living abroad (as of December 1, 2022). According to these figures, […]
The number of immigrants in Iceland has exceeded 60,000 people
On January 1, 2022, there were 61,148 immigrants in Iceland, 16.3% of the population. This information is available on the website of the Statistics Iceland. The number of immigrants is still growing (last year it was 57,126 people and they constituted 15.5% of the country’s population). In 2012, the proportion of immigrants in Iceland was […]
Inflation hit 9.9%
Over the past twelve months, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has risen to 9.9% and is 7.5% excluding real estate. This is according to the latest data from the Statistics Iceland. The website of the office stated that during the summer sales, the prices of clothes and footwear were reduced by 6.8% (which decreased the […]
Wage index increased by 10.6%
According to data from the Statistics Iceland (Hagstofa Íslands), the wage index increased by 0.35% between February and March. In the last 12 months, this number has increased by 10.6%, which is the same result between February this year and last year and at the same time the highest since August 2016. The consumer price […]
From Iceland – 90% of music sales in Iceland through Spotify
A new report from Statistics Iceland shows that up to 90% of the sales value of recorded music in Iceland came through Spotify in 2019. This number has been slowly increasing over the past four years. The total value of CDs, records and digital documents sold in 2019 was ISK 802 million. The vast majority […]
From Iceland – Revenue from tourists decreased by 75%
Published February 24, 2021 Revenue from foreign tourists amounted to ISK 117 billion last year, a decrease of 75% from the previous year, when revenue was ISK 470 billion. This comes from a report given by Statistics Iceland. COVID has an effect. Revenue from passenger transport by air last year amounted to ISK 30.5 billion, […]
Abroad, the demand for Icelandic horses is growing
During the last year, 2,320 Icelandic horses were exported from Iceland. The preliminary report comes from Business Iceland (Íslandsstofa), which published data showing an increase in demand for Icelandic horses around the world. photo: Iceland News / Tom S. 1,509 horses left Iceland in 2019, which means that in 2020 there was a 53% increase […]
Abroad, the demand for Icelandic horses is growing
During the last year, 2,320 Icelandic horses were exported from Iceland. The preliminary report comes from Business Iceland (Íslandsstofa), which published data showing an increase in demand for Icelandic horses around the world. photo: Iceland News / Tom S. 1,509 horses left Iceland in 2019, which means that in 2020 there was a 53% increase […]
From Iceland – Demand for more Icelandic horses abroad
Last year, 2,320 Icelandic horses were exported from Iceland, Indicator reports. The initial report comes from Business Iceland (Íslandsstofa), which published data showing increased demand for special small Icelandic horses around the world. In 2019, 1,509 horses left Iceland, which means that there was a 53% increase in exported horses in 2020. Cute little money […]
From Iceland – Iceland’s energy consumption per capita in Europe
Published December 11, 2020 Household energy consumption in Iceland was the highest per capita in Europe in 2017, Fréttablaðið reported this morning. This is stated in figures published only by Statistics Iceland. 2017 is the latest year in which data from all European countries are available. In terms of energy used exclusively for domestic use, […]
From Iceland – Women in the Icelandic film industry declining
The number of female Icelandic filmmakers has decreased since 2009, according to research by Guðrún Elsa Bragadóttir, a doctoral student and lecturer in film studies. Guðrún talks about her findings in her chapter on women in the Icelandic film industry, written for Palgrave Macmillan’s book “Women in the International Film Industry: Policy, Practice and Power”, […]
From Iceland – COVID’s impact on book sales
The króna virus epidemic has had a significant impact on Icelandic book publishing. The year started well as sales in the first two months of 2020 were about 20% higher than at the same time last year, but then they fell sharply in March and April according to figures published by Statistics Iceland on August […]
