Economic statistics - 01.02.1986, Side 27

International Comparisons
Inhabitants per square kilometer 1980 .......
GDP (Billion US $) 1984 .....................
GNP per capita in US $ 1984 .................
Private consumption per capita in US $ 1984
Ratios of GDP:
Exports...................................
Imports 1984 .............................
Avg. annual increase in consumer prices 80-84
Gross savings ratio 1984 (% GNP) ............
Passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants 1983 .
Telephones per 1000 inhabitants 1983 . ...
TV sets per 1000 inhabitants 1983 ...........
Doctors per 1000 inhabitants 1983 ...........
') 1983. 2) GDP. 3) 1981. 4) 1984. 5) 1982.
6) 1979.
Source:OECD.
Merchandise Exports f.o.b.
(Percentage breakdown)
Marine Manuf. Agric.
prod. prod. prod. Other
1970 78.3 17.3 3.3 1.1
1971 83.9 12.1 3.0 1.0
1972 73.8 21.9 3.1 1.2
1973 73.7 22.2 2.9 1.2
1974 74.8 19.9 2.9 2.4
1975 78.7 17.0 2.9 1.4
1976 72.6 23.1 2.5 1.8
1977 73.7 21.9 2.4 2.0
1978 76.4 19.8 2.3 1.5
1979 74.7 21.6 2.6 1.1
1980 74.9 21.7 1.7 1.7
1981 78.3 19.2 1.4 1.1
1982 75.0 22.3 1.3 1.4
1983 68.0 29.3 1.1 1.6
1984 67.2 27.9 1.7 3.2
Economic Growth and Price Developments
Trend rate of growth of GNP:
1951-1977 ........................ 4.5percent
1974-1983 .......................... 1.6percent
Trend rateof growth of GNP percapita:
1951-1977 .......................... 2.8percent
1974-1983 .......................... 0.5percent
Average annual rateofchange:
Wage rates of all employees:
1974-1983 ........................ 45.5percent
1979-1983 ........................ 51.3percent
Consumerprices:
1974-1983 48.2percent
1979-1983 ........................ 57.5percent
Livestock at the End of Year (in thousands)
1982 1983 1984
Cattle 64.4 68.5 72.7
Sheep......................... 747.7 711.9 712.9
Horses ........................ 53.7 52.1 52.2
Poultry 292.6 294.4 302.3
Pigs ........................... 1.9 2.2 2.3
Central Bank fíeserve fíequirement fíatios
Marginal
Inpercentof Average requirement
total deposits: reserve on deposit
Effective from: requirement increases
July 1,1973 22.0 30.0
January 1,1975 23.0 30.0
January 1,1976 25.0 30.0
May 1,1979 27.0 30.0
June 1,1979 28.0 30.0
April 19,1985 18.0 30.0
lceland Denmark Norway Sweden U.K. U.S.
2 119 13 19 230'> 25
2.6 54.9 54.7 94.8 456.61) 3,619.2
10,216 10,324 13,2532) 11,3792) 8,1451) 15,620
6,329 5,793 6,150 5,767 4,9091) 9,986
42.0 37.0 48.2 36.0 26.5’> 7.5
41.5 35.7 38.0 32.4 25.51) 10.5
54 9 10 10 9 7
19.1 16.9 34.42) 21.12) 17.91) 15.7
405 272 334 361 2833) 5373)
525 719 580 890 524 7605)
2825' 370 318 390 3316) 6356)
225) 2.45) 2.1 2.25) - -
Hydro and Geothermai Power
Hydro electric power:
Technically exploitable ..... 64,000 GWh/year
Economically exploitable . 45,000 GWh/year
Exploited 1984 ............... 4,000 GWh/year
Geothermal power:
Technically exploitable ..... 3,500 EJ
Geothermal energy use 1984.. 31PJ
Share of population enjoying
geothermal heating in 1984 ..... 79percent
fíegistered Vessels at the End of 1984
Totalsize,
Number GRT
Trawlers 105 50,801
Whalers 4 1,953
Otherfishingvessels,
300 tons and larger 34 15,367
Otherfishing vessels ............... 691 44,726
Total fishing vessels ............ 834 112,847
Passenger ships .................... 6 2,405
Tankers ............................ 5 3,052
Cargo ships ....................... 46 67,246
Coast guard vessels ................ 7 3,895
Other 41 4,915
Total registered vessels ....... 939 194,360
National Wealth1)
(Millions of krónur)
There of Exchange
residentiat rate of
Endofyear Total housing U.S.$
1966 728 0.431
1967 806 0.571
1968 986 312 0.881
1969 1271 392 0.881
1970 1506 469 0.881
1971 1769 540 0.874
1972 2238 684 0.979
1973 2973 918 0.840
1974 4675 1462 1.187
1975 7410 2160 1.710
1976 9660 2768 1.899
1977 13066 3729 2.134
1978 19931 5709 3.185
1979 30039 8677 3.954
1980 48125 13907 6.248
1981 75447 21537 8.185
1982 122543 34545 16.650
1983 219506 60165 28.710
1984 273089 76406 40.600
1) End of year stock in midyear prices.