Labor force: total: 131,000 (1996 est.) by occupation: manufacturing 12.9%, fishing and fish processing 11.8%, construction 10.7%, other services 59.5%, agriculture 5.1% (1996 est.)
Unemployment rate: 3.8% (1997 est.)
Budget: revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $2.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $146 million (1996 est.)
Industries: fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production, geothermal power; tourism
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity-capacity: 1.083 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 4.916 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 18,481 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: potatoes, turnips; cattle, sheep; fish catch of about 1.1 million metric tons in 1992
Exports: total value: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1996) commodities: fish and fish products 75%, animal products, aluminum, ferrosilicon, diatomite partners: UK 19%, Germany 14%, US 12%, Japan 11%, Denmark 8%, France 7% (1995)