Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.2% (2002 est.)
Labor force:
159,000 (2000)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 5.1%, fishing and fish processing 11.8%, manufacturing 12.9%, construction 10.7%, other services 59.5% (1999)
Unemployment rate:
2.8% (2002 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $3.5 billion
expenditures: $3.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $467
million (1999)
Industries:
fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production,
geothermal power; tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
0.2% (2002 est.)
Electricity - production:
7.894 billion kWh (2001)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 0.1% hydro: 82.5% other: 17.5% (2001) nuclear: 0%
Electricity - consumption:
7.341 billion kWh (2001)