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IndicatorISLIcelandEurope & Central Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.95rank #6
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile84.9rank #11
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.7rank #20
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.73rank #14
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.85rank #38
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile83.3rank #15
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.95rank #6
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.57rank #21
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile86.5rank #20
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile75.8rank #22
Rule of Law0-100 percentile85rank #11
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.98rank #8
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.81rank #19
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.72rank #24
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile81.8rank #14
Women in parliament% seats46%rank #8
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #27
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment3.6%rank #138
Agriculture value added% GDP3.7%rank #100
Annual working hours per workerhours1,452rank #122
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker452,549.3rank #27
Current account balance% GDP-3.5%rank #68
Employment-to-population ratio%71.9%rank #17
FDI net inflows% GDP-0.52%rank #89
GDPcurrent US$38.58Brank #105
GDP growth%1.3%rank #152
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$98,323.5rank #5
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $68,064.7rank #14
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $69,116.9rank #13
Government expenditure% GDP32%rank #35
Gross capital formation% GDP26.6%rank #38
Gross savings% GDP23%rank #40
High-technology exports% manuf. exports54%rank #7
Human capital indexindex3.3rank #34
Industry value added% GDP20.1%rank #113
Inflation%4.1%rank #120
Labour force participation rate%74.5%rank #18
Personal remittances received% GDP0.73%rank #67
R&D expenditure% GDP2.6%rank #14
Researchers in R&Dper million5,952.5rank #12
Tax revenue% GDP23.2%rank #20
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.97rank #9
Trade openness% GDP82.5%rank #67
Unemployment% labor force3.6%rank #61
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.5%rank #57
Vulnerable employment% employment8.4%rank #29
Youth unemployment% ages 15-248.7%rank #55
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-248.2%rank #54
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1
Basic sanitation access% pop98.8%rank #45
Child mortalityper 1000.28rank #9
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,681.1rank #11
DTP3 immunization coverage%94%rank #6
Health spending% GDP9%rank #13
Infant mortalityper 1k births2.1rank #6
Life expectancyyears82.8rank #26
Maternal mortalityper 100k3rank #3
Measles immunization% children97%rank #3
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Physiciansper 1k4.4rank #8
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m34.9rank #13
Road traffic deathsper 100k2rank #5
Smoking prevalence% adults9.2%rank #20
Suicide mortality rateper 100k11.9rank #131
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k3rank #16
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births2.8rank #19
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Education spending% GDP7.3%rank #11
Expected years of schoolingyears18.9rank #10
Mean years of schoolingyears13.9rank #4
Primary completion rate% relevant age98.6%rank #47
Primary enrollment% gross98.2%rank #102
Secondary enrollment% gross108.9%rank #22
Tertiary enrollment% gross76.5%rank #34
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00011.2rank #130
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.6rank #139
Median age of populationyears35.8rank #78
Net migration rateper 1,00011.9rank #19
Populationpeople392,404rank #176
Population growth%1.5%rank #71
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years86.3rank #21
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands433rank #177
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age50.2rank #150
Urban population%94.2%rank #12
Climate
CO₂ emissionst3.8Mrank #144
CO₂ per capitat9.7rank #25
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation70.7%rank #24
Electricity from solar% generation0.05%rank #159
Electricity from wind% generation0.05%rank #102
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita48,997.9rank #1
Forest area% land0.53%rank #199
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita8.7rank #147
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh27.8rank #7
Renewable electricity%100%rank #1
Renewable energy share%82.4%rank #12
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e3.4rank #29
Society
Asylum seekerspeople5rank #1
Extreme poverty% pop0.1%rank #2
Female labor participation%70%rank #18
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10037.5rank #30
Gender Development Indexratio0.98rank #41
Gender Inequality Index0-10.02rank #7
Gini indexindex26.8rank #6
Homicide rateper 100k1.3rank #35
Human Development Index0-10.97rank #1
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.92rank #1
Internet users% pop98.2%rank #8
Life satisfaction0-107.5rank #2
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.74rank #32
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #40
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #10
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #18
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #17
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people8,459rank #95
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people5rank #1
Youth NEET rate%4.1%rank #5
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-101.3rank #8
Human hazard & exposure0-100rank #1
INFORM risk score0-101.6rank #5
Lack of coping capacity0-101.8rank #10
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101.4rank #11
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-102.1rank #7
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.5rank #12
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.1rank #2
Vulnerability0-101.7rank #8
Vulnerable groups0-103rank #25
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