NUTS-3 IS002 · Iceland
Population
140,3902025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
101,563.2 km²
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IS002
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
49.9
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
75.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
92.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
20.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
74.3
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
Population density
1 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 46 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
1
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
6 /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)
6,034,845
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.
297
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
212
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
91,690
Population aged 65+
23,440
Population aged under 15
25,260
Median age of population
37.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.6%
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.6 /1k
Crude death rate
6.9 /1k
Live births
1,488
Deaths
971
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
1 /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
2.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
97.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
330 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
762 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
240 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr