3.1 Labour Market

3.1 Labour Market

  • Number and Percentage of Working People Aged 18-69
  • Unemployment
  • On Index

Number and Percentage of Working People Aged 18-69

3.1 a. Number of Working People 

This graph shows the number of working people in the central area compared to the eastern and western area.

Data and processing

Percentage of Working People

3.1 b. Percentage of Working People

This graph shows the percentage of working people out of the estimated workforce of the central area compared to the whole country and the eastern and western area. 

Unemployment

3.1 c. Number of Unemployed

This graph shows the number of unemployed in the central area in comparison to the western and eastern area. 

3.1 d. Percentage of Unemployed

3.1 d. Percentage of Unemployed People

The graph shows the percentage of unemployment in Central Area from the year 2011-2024 in comparison with Iceland, West Area and East Area.

On Index

Changes in work have been great in the central area in the last few years. More changes are ahead. It is important to monitor the number and percentage of working people and compare to other places as well as monitor information on unemployment. 

Data on the number of working people and number and percentage of unemployed people will be published in this index. Individuals included are people aged 18-69. 

Frequency

Information on employed people are published yearly but information on unemployed people twice per year, in January and July.

Area

Data from the whole of Iceland, the central, eastern and western area will be compared. 

Accountability

The project manager is responsible for acquiring the data and publishing it according to the publishing schedule.

Source Material

Data will be collected from Statistics Iceland and Directorate of Labour.