Iceland (IS) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A North Atlantic economy of aluminium, tourism and marine products, with a currency that can move violently. Institutions are capable and living standards are high. The domestic market is very small, so a bad tourist season or a power intensive industrial swing is felt keenly, which leaves the country more exposed than it looks even as the quality of life stays high.
Region: Europe. Population: 370K (rank #178). GDP: $30.0 billion. GDP per capita: $110,048 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +4.1%. Inflation: +6.6%. Policy rate: 9.25%. Currency: ISK. Equity market cap: $20.0 billion.