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X!. Employment, Prices, Incomes
Table 1. Unemployment Registration
Annual averages QuarterlV
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1984 1985
Unemployment days pr. month 7179 8827 16661 25722 32080 23978 30794 23762
Reykjavlk area 2195 2817 4992 10058 11256 6733 8212 4330
Outside Reykjavík 4984 6010 11669 15664 20824 17245 22582 19432
Average number of unemployed 331 407 770 1184 1480 1106 1421 1097
Unemployment as a ratio
of the work force') 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.2 0.9
1) Percent.
Source: Ministry of Social Affairs.
Table 2. Wage Rates, Incomes, Prices
Indices: 1977=100 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 19843) 1985“)
Wage rates 155.4 224.2 337.9 502.8 755.9 1130.3 1348.6 1788.2
Disposable income, per capita 155.5 232.3 365.2 581.8 904.1 1428.4 1785.5 2428.3
Cost of living 144.1 209.7 332.3 501.5 757.2 1395.6 1803.1 2387.3
Building cost 147.2 216.4 336.7 509.8 795.2 1353.5 1651.2 2171.0
Purchasing power of wage rates') 107.8 106.9 101.7 100.4 99.9 81.0 74.8 75.0
Purchasing power of disposable in-
come2) 108.1 109.8 110.5 116.9 117.9 103.0 99.4 102.0
Real gross national income 105.9 107.3 111.8 114.5 113.2 108.5 111.3 113.5
Real GNI percapita 105.1 105.5 108.8 110.2 107.5 101.7 103.2 104.2
Change from previous year (%)
Wage rates 55.4 44.3 50.7 49.0 50.3 49.5 18.8 32.6
Disposable income per capita 55.5 49.4 57.2 59.3 55.4 58.0 29.0 36.0
Cost of living 44.1 45.5 58.5 50.9 51.0 84.3 29.2 32.4
Building cost 47.2 47.0 55.6 51.4 56.0 70.2 22.0 31.5
Purchasing power of wage rates 7.8 -0.8 —4.9 -1.3 -0.5 -18.9 -7.7 0.2
Purchasing power of disposable in-
come per capita 8.1 1.6 0.6 5.8 0.9 -12.7 0 2.6
Real gross national income 5.9 1.3 4.2 2.4 -1.1 -4.2 2.6 2.0
Real GNI per capita 5.1 0.4 3.1 1.3 -2.5 -5.4 1.5 1.0
') Deflated with cost of living index. 2) Deflated with the price index of private consumption. 3) Preliminary. 4)Prediction.
Source: National Economic Institute, Statistical Bureau of lceland.
Table3. Wage and Salary Indices1)
QuarteriV January
1982 1983 1984 1985 1984 1985 1985 1986
Hourly wages (1980= 100)
Unskilled labour: Males 227.5 337.4 406.5 535.8 438.5 600.9 479.2 603.8
Unskilled labour: Females .. 225.7 334.8 402.4 528.2 433.8 595.6 471.7 598.5
Skilled labour 230.3 341.8 405.3 537.3 440.3 592.9 486.1 595.8
Skilled and unskilled labour 227.2 337.9 405.1 534.1 437.7 597.4 479.0 600.3
Monthly saiaries
Officeandcommercialclerks 214.9 317.4 376.7 500.3 409.1 556.1 446.6 558.8
State, municipal and bank
employees 223.2 338.8 402.8 537.6 448.4 600.1 477.8 600.1
All employees 223.7 334.5 399.1 529.2 436.4 590.9 472.7 592.7
1) Period averages except two last columns.
Source: National Economic Institute.
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