This report summarizes the results of a diagnostic review of wildfire risk and management capacity in Iceland, and includes technical recommendations that can guide policy discussions, decisions, and actions in the immediate/short term as well as the medium to long term. The review followed the...

Iceland's significant onshore wind energy potential remains untapped, with no operational wind farms despite recognized opportunities for over a decade. Two wind energy projects, approved under Iceland's Master Plan for Nature Protection and Energy Utilization - a legally enshrined...

Most consumer price variations from 1992 to 2024 can be explained by the indices of wages and import prices. In periods including the tumult around the bank collaps 2008, import prices provide most information; the relationship between wages and prices is disturbed and the model fit is improved...

Iceland continues to face CO₂ emission challenges despite its near-total reliance on renewable energy. This study analyzes the effects of GDP per capita, renewable energy consumption (RENC), foreign direct investment (FDI), and urbanization on CO2 emissions from 1990 to 2023, using an ARDL...

The aim of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessment, as mandated in Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border threats to health, is to improve prevention, preparedness and response planning in EU/EEA countries through the implementation of recommendations...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Iceland between 2020 and the end of 2024. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

This document presents Eurostat's assessment of the quality of the national and regional accounts data submitted by Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland in 2024, according to the ESS quality standards and the ESA 2010 Regulation. It also includes information on the quality of key...

Most consumer price variations from 1992 to 2024 can be explained by the indices of wages and import prices. In periods including the tumult around the bank collaps 2008, import prices provide most information; the relationship between wages and prices is disturbed and the model fit is improved...

Icelandic law is primarily comprised of statutes adopted by Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, but also includes orders issued by the executive branch of the state, mainly in the form of regulations. All laws and orders of the executive authority are published in the Official Gazette of Iceland...

Following a strong rebound after the pandemic, a successful tightening of fiscal and monetary policies has slowed domestic demand growth and reduced inflationary pressures. The challenges now are to fully return inflation to target while ensuring a soft landing for the economy; build resilience...

This report provides a general overview of the ways in which EU gender equality law has been implemented in the domestic laws of the 27 Member States of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (the EEA countries), and the United Kingdom. The analysis thus covers 31...

The Icelandic NQF (Hæfnirammi um íslenska menntun, ISQF) was referenced to the EQF in 2013, along with the self-certification of the Icelandic national qualifications framework for higher education (ISQFHE) to the QF-EHEA. An updated version of the ISQF was adopted in 2016. It is structured in...

The Central Bank has published papers about the transmission of monetary policy in Iceland, based on a VAR model, estimated by quarterly values from 2009 to 2022. Dependent variables are the GDP, consumer price index, exchange rate and the policy interest rate. Lagged values by one quarter and...

Leveraging administrative data from the University of Iceland, which cover more than 60% of the undergraduate population in the country, we examine how home exams and peer networks shape grades around the COVID-19 crisis. Using difference-in-difference models with a rich set of fixed effects, we...

Leveraging administrative data from the University of Iceland, which cover more than 60% of the undergraduate population in the country, we examine how home exams and peer networks shape grades around the COVID-19 crisis. Using difference-in-difference models with a rich set of fixed effects, we...

Leveraging administrative data from the University of Iceland, which cover more than 60% of the undergraduate population in the country, we examine how home exams and peer networks shape grades around the COVID-19 crisis. Using difference-in-difference models with a rich set of fixed effects, we...

Leveraging administrative data from the University of Iceland, which cover more than 60% of the undergraduate population in the country, we examine how home exams and peer networks shape grades around the COVID-19 crisis. Using difference-in-difference models with a rich set of fixed effects, we...

We contribute to the literature on saving in retirement by studying the saving behavior of retirees in Iceland, a country where health care and nursing homes ares free of charge. This removes some of the precautionary motive for saving, leaving the bequest motive and other inter-generational...

Key figures on European business presents a selection of business statistics for the European Union (EU), EU countries and EFTA countries. For some readers, this publication may offer an introduction to European business statistics, while others can use it as a starting point to explore further...

Key figures on European business presents a selection of business statistics for the European Union (EU), EU countries and EFTA countries. For some readers, this publication may offer an introduction to European business statistics, while others can use it as a starting point to explore further...

The current study provides comprehensive data on 2022 retail prices of fixed and mobile broadband offers for consumers in the EU27, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Japan, South Korea and the USA. The five largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the three largest Mobile Network...

The current study provides comprehensive data on 2022 retail prices of fixed and mobile broadband offers for consumers in the EU27, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Japan, South Korea and the USA. The five largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the three largest Mobile Network...

This document presents Eurostat's assessment of the quality of national and regional accounts data submit-ted by the EU Member States, as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, in 2023. It also includes information on the quality of key European aggregates published by Eurostat. The euro area...

Iceland is one of the Western countries that have experienced an unexpected fertility decrease in the 2010s. In this study, the aggregate Icelandic fertility decline is dissected to explore which fertility components are the main drivers behind the decline since 2010 in order to better...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Iceland between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...

Economic Developments. Following an impressive recovery from the covid pandemic and commodity price shocks in recent years, a coordinated tightening of monetary and fiscal policies has successfully slowed domestic demand growth, strengthened the current account, and started to lower inflationary...

We contribute to the literature on saving in retirement by studying the saving behavior of retirees in Iceland, a country where health care and nursing homes ares free of charge. This removes some of the precautionary motive for saving, leaving the bequest motive and other inter-generational...

We take advantage of a unique experiment that took place in Iceland in 2015. Following the collapse of the country's banking system in 2008, the authorities decided on a program of mortgage relief that in effect lowered the principal of mortgages overnight. What sets our experiment apart from...

Chapter 1: How to prepare for the impossible: The level of crisis preparedness among households in Iceland -- Chapter 2: Housing crisis in Iceland: a multi-layered phenomenon -- Chapter 3: Navigating Individual Crisis and Stress: Women's Workplace Challenges in Iceland’s Gender-Equal Landscape...

This document presents Eurostat's assessment of the quality of the national and regional accounts data submitted by Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland in 2022. It also includes information on the quality of key European aggregates published by Eurostat. The quality report contains...