Economic Trivia

The economy depends heavily on the fishing industry, which provides 40% of export earnings, more than 12% of GDP, and employs nearly 5% of the work force.

Trade Source: United Nations Comtrade
Note: Top 3 trade partners are calculated by imports + exports.

Top 3 Trade Partners (2021): Netherlands, United States, and Germany
Top 3 Exported Goods (2021): Aluminum, Seafood, and Iron & Steel

Top Industries Source: CIA World Factbook

Fish Processing; Aluminum Smelting; Ferrosilicon Production; Geothermal Power

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [1]

GDP, PPP (current international) $21,461,470,171 (2021)
GDP Growth Rate (annual %) 4.403% (2021)
GDP Per Capita, PPP (current international) $57,612 (2021)
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GDP Country Rank 147/197 (2021)

GDP Composition %

Note: GDP composition percentage may exceed 100. Manufacturing is included in the Industry figures and is also reported separately because it plays a critical role in many economies.

Economic Indicators [1]

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 4.444% (2021)
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) Data unavailable
Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) 31.9% (2019)
Real Interest Rate (5 year average %) -0.559% (2021)
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) 9.168% (2021)
Current Account Balance (BoP, current US$) ($409,262,220) (2021)
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Labor and Employment [1]

Labor Force, Total 200,266 (2021)
Employment in Agriculture (% of total employment) 3.833% (2020)
Employment in Industry (% of total employment) 16.103% (2020)
Employment in Services (% of total employment) 80.064% (2020)
Unemployment Rate 5.401% (2021)
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Trade [1]

Imports of goods and services (current US$) $10,236,699,691 (2021)
Exports of goods and services (current US$) $9,779,499,273 (2021)
Total Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 53.917% (2021)
FDI, net inflows (BoP, current US$) $45,244,547 (2021)
Commercial Service Exports (current US$) $3,713,587,953 (2021)
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Economic Snapshot [1]

Note: Percentile ranks are calculated using the latest available data for all countries within the last 5 years.

How to interpret the graph: The purpose of this graph is to take a snapshot of a country’s economy in comparison to other economies. For example, Iceland’s Exports rank is higher than (please wait...) of the countries in the dataset. For Exports, FDI and GDP measures, a higher rank (closer to 100%) indicates a stronger economy. Conversely, for Unemployment and Inflation, a lower rank (closer to 0%) indicates a stronger economy.

Due to unavailable data the following indicators have been omitted:
  • Exports
  • FDI, net inflows
  • GDP Growth Rate
  • GDP Per Capita
  • Inflation
  • Unemployment

Sources

  1. The World Bank