Iceland In-depth PESTLE Insights

This PESTLE country analysis report on Iceland provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Synopsis

– Understand the political system in Iceland through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.

– Understand the economic situation in Iceland through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.

– Understand customer demographics in Iceland through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.

– Understand the technological landscape in Iceland through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.

– Understand the legal landscape in Iceland through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators

– Understand the environmental landscape in Iceland through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators

Scope

– The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Iceland, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.

– The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Iceland 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."

– The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.

Reasons to buy

- What is the outlook in Iceland in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?

- How does Iceland perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?

- How does Iceland perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?

- How does Iceland perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Overview

Catalyst

Summary

Key findings

PESTLE highlights

Key macroeconomic updates

Key economic updates

Key fundamentals

Key Facts and Geographic Location

Key facts

Geographic location

PESTLE Analysis

Summary

Political analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Economic Analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Social analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future Prospects

Future risks

Technological analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Legal analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Environmental analysis

Overview

Current strengths

Current challenges

Future prospects

Future risks

Political Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Key political figures

Structure of government

Legislature

Provincial governments

Key political parties

Composition of government

Key policies

Performance

Governance indicators

Outlook

Economic Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Financial system overview

Stock exchange

Performance

GDP and growth rate

GDP composition by sector

Agriculture

Industry

Services

Fiscal situation

Current account

Foreign trade

International investment position

Monetary situation: key monetary indicators

Interest rate

Employment

Outlook

Social Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Demographic composition

Age and gender composition

Religious composition

Education

Healthcare

Social welfare

Performance

Healthcare

Income distribution

Outlook

Technological Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Intellectual property

Research and development

Performance

Opportunity sectors

Outlook

Legal Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Supreme Court

District courts

Tax regulations

Performance

Outlook

Environmental Landscape

Summary

Evolution

Structure and policies

Environmental regulations

Natural resources management and pollution reduction

Performance

Environmental impact

Outlook

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List of Tables

List of Tables

Table 1: Key fundamentals, 2021–28f

Table 2: Key facts, 2024

Table 3: Analysis of political landscape

Table 4: Analysis of economic landscape

Table 5: Analysis of social landscape

Table 6: Analysis of technological landscape

Table 7: Analysis of legal landscape

Table 8: Analysis of environmental landscape

Table 9: Population by gender (as a percentage of total population), 2023e

Table 10: Patents granted by the USPTO, 2018–22

List of Figures

List of Figures

Figure 1: Key economic indicators trend

Figure 2: Map of Iceland, 2024

Figure 3: Regulatory quality (percentile rank, 0–100), 2022

Figure 4: Employment rate (%), Q3 2023

Figure 5: Iceland – Government financial wealth (% of GDP), 2016–22

Figure 6: Iceland – Female labor participation rate (%), 2022

Figure 7: Iceland – Old age dependency ratio (%), 2000–30f

Figure 8: Iceland – R&D expenditure (% of GDP), 2012–22

Figure 9: Tax wedge (% of labor cost), 2022

Figure 10: Iceland – FDI restrictiveness index comparison, 2020

Figure 11: Timeline of key political events

Figure 12: Key political figures

Figure 13: Distribution of seats of each political party, September 2021

Figure 14: Iceland – GDP growth (%), 2013–23e

Figure 15: Iceland – FME’s organizational chart

Figure 16: Iceland – ICEXI index, February 2023–February 2024

Figure 17: Iceland – GDP and growth rate ($ billion/%), 2019–28f

Figure 18: Iceland – Sector-specific GDP (%), 2023e

Figure 19: Iceland – Agricultural output (ISK billion/%), 2019–24f

Figure 20: Iceland – Industry output (ISK billion/%), 2019–24f

Figure 21: Iceland – Services output (ISK billion/%), 2019–24f

Figure 22: Iceland – Growth in volume of exports and imports (%), 2019–28f

Figure 23: Iceland – Consumer price index and CPI–based inflation, 2018–27f

Figure 24: Iceland – Unemployment rate (thousands/%), 2019–28f

Figure 25: Iceland – Major religions (%), 2021

Figure 26: Iceland – Total government healthcare expenditure ($ billion/% of GDP), 2013–23e

Figure 27: Iceland – Public expenditure on education ($ billion/% of GDP), 2013–23e

Figure 28: Iceland – Internet users (thousands/%), 2019–24f

Figure 29: Iceland – Carbon dioxide emissions (million tonnes/%), 2013–22

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