NUTS-3 IS001 · Iceland
Population
249,0542025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,033.7 km²
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IS001
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
49.1
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
73.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
91.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
31.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
74.0
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
Population density
241 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 47 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
88.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.5%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
20
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
98 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,483,746
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
895
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
359
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
166,301
Population aged 65+
38,312
Population aged under 15
44,441
Median age of population
37.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.0%
Crude rate of total population change
20.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
11.4 /1k
Crude death rate
6.6 /1k
Live births
2,823
Deaths
1,636
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
Population density (persons per km²)
239 /km²
Social
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.8 yrs
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
828 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
224 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
423 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,386 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
100 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
158 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
16 days/yr