Historical Statistics

Notice: The Icelandic National Accounts have now been revised to bring them into conformity with the European System of Accounts, ESA 95. The revision extends back to 1990. The revision was introduced in August 2000 and the main results presented in a Press Release. The latest national accounts data are presented under the section headed National Accounts.

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Symbols used in this publication:

1. Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Product and value of fixed assets

1.1 Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Income 1945-2000, indices and volume changes on previous year
1.2 Gross Domestic Product, volume indices 1945-2000
1.3 Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product 1945-1990
1.4 Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product 1990-2000
1.5 Cost components of Gross Domestic Product 1901-2000
1.6 Cost components of Gross Domestic Product 1901-2000, percentage breakdown
1.7 GDP by industries 1901-1945 and 1973-2000, percentages breakdown
1.8 GDP by industries 1901-1945 and 1973-2000, volume indices
1.9 Savings and relations among national accounting aggregates 1960-1990
1.10 Savings and net lending/borrowing 1990-2000
1.11 Fixed assets 1945-2000, million kronur at current prices
1.12 Fixed assets 1945-2000, volume indices
1.13 Population according to national register at December 1 st 1950-1999
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2. National Expenditure

2.1 Household final consumption expenditure 1957-2000
2.2 Household final consumption expenditure 1957-2000, volume indices
2.3 Government final consumption expenditure 1980-1998, million kronur at current prices
2.4 Fixed capital formation 1945-2000
2.5 Percentage breakdown of gross fixed capital formation by kind of activity 1945-2000
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3. General government

3.1 General government receipts and outlays as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product 1901-1998
3.2 General government receipts 1901-1998
3.3 General government outlays 1901-1998
3.4 General government gross savings and surplus 1901-1998, percentage of revenue
3.5 Percentage breakdown of revenues and outlays of general government, central government, local government and social security 1901-1998
3.6 General government outlays as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product 1945-1998, classified by function
3.7 General government debt and claims 1901-1998
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4. Industrial profitability and gross domestic factor income by industries

4.1 Profit before interest payments, inflation adjustments and consumption of fixed capital as a percentage of revenues 1987-1997
4.2 Profit from regular operation as a percentage of revenues 1980-1997
4.3 Gross domestic factor income by industries 1901-1997
4.4 Gross domestic factor income by industries 1901-1997, volume indices
4.5 Volume indices of marine production 1963-1988
4.6Volume indices of marine production 1988-2000
4.7 Fish catch 1901-2000
4.8 The volume indices of the catch value and the fishing fleet at constant prices 1945-1999
4.9 The value of the agricultural production by product categories 1901-2000, volume indices
4.10 Arrivals and total income from foreign visitors 1950-2000
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5. Labour market

5.2 Employment by industries 1901-2000, fnumber of man-years
5.3 Percentage breakdown of employment industries 1901-2000
5.4 Registered unemployment 1929-2000, umber of persons unemployed
5.5 Registered unemployment 1957-2000, percentage of total estimated labour force
5.6 Unemployment by region and sex 1980-2000
5.7 Indicators of labour vacancies by industries 1985-2002
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6. Prices, earnings and working hours

6.1 Prices 1945-2000, indices
6.2 Consumer price index 1979-2000
6.3 Building cost index 1979-2000
6.4 Credit terms index 1979-2000
6.5 Wage index 1989-2000
6.6 Hourly earnings of skilled and unskilled workers in ASÍ 1970-1997, indices
6.7 Real hourly earnings of skilled and unskilled workers in ASÍ 1970-1997, indices
6.8 Average weekly working hours of manual workers 1980-1997
6.9 Salaries of public employees 1984-1999
6.10 Wage rates, income and household consumption expenditure per capita 1955-2000, indices
6.11 Prices and real income per capita 1950-2000, indices
6.12 Income tax returns 1980-2000
6.13 Average income by age and sex1990-2000
6.14 ncome from employment by regions 1987-2000
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7. Foreign trade

7.1 Balance of payments 1901-1990
7.2 Balance of payments 1990-2000
7.3 Export of goods (fob) by industries 1901-2000
7.4 Percentage breakdown of exports of goods (fob) by industries 1901-2000
7.5 Imports (cif) by economic category1970-1987
7.6 Percentage breakdown of imports (cif) by economic category 1970-1987
7.7 Breakdown of imports by economic category (cif) 1988-2000
7.8 Percentage breakdown of imports by economic category (cif) 1988-2000
7.9 Merchandise exports by countries1901-2000, percentage breakdown
7.10 Imports by countries of origin 1901-2000, percentage breakdown
7.11 Merchandise exports by economic category (cif) 1901-2000
7.12 Export prices, import prices and terms of trade of goods and services in ISK 1945-2000, indices
7.13 Export prices, import prices and terms of trade 1975-1997, indices
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8. Foreign debt

8.1 Net foreign position 1922-2000
8.2 External debt position 1922-2000
8.3 Debt service of foreign long term debt 1953-2000
8.4 Estimated real interest payments and nominal interest on long term foreign debt 1953-1999
8.5 Balance on current account and foreign borrowing 1901-2000
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9. Monetary and exchange rate matters

9.1 Development of main monetary aggregates 1901-2000
9.2 Bank deposits and money supply as a percentage of GDP 1901-2000, annual averages
9.3 Sectoral breakdown of lending by the credit system 1970-2000
9.4 Balance sheets of the bank system 1970-2000
9.5 The credit system 1970-1994
9.6 The credit system 1992-2000
9.7 Payment intermediation 1973-2000
9.8 Sectoral breakdown of deposit money bank credit 1970-2000
9.9 Cash flow of pension funds 1966-1999
9.10 Assets of pensions funds 1980-2000
9.11 Balance sheet of investment credit funds 1973-2000
9.12 Interest rates in deposit money banks 1901-2000
9.13 Selected marketable securities 1986-2000
9.14 Selected interest rates 1990-2000
9.15 Buying rates in kronur of some major currencies 1970-2000
9.16 Effective nominal and real price of foreign currencies 1960-2000, indices
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10. International comparison

10.1 Main economic statistics in OECD-countries 1960-2000
10.2 International comparisons
10.3 Exports of goods and services as percentage of Gross Domestic Product 1960-1997
10.4 Comparative price levels in October 1999
10.5 Consumer price index in some countries 1969-2000
10.6 General government receipts, outlays and surplus 1960-2000
10.7 Gross Domistic Product (GDP) using current PPPs in OECD-countries 1970-1998
10.8 Levels of GDP per Capita in 17 advanced Capitals Countries, 1901 - 1998. (1990 Geary-Khamis Dollars)
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