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Iceland

28/10/2021 by

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Iceland

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 57 615 USD (2021)
  • Population: 0.4 million (2020)
  • Subnational direct investment: 35.58% of general government (2019)
  • Internet access: 98.4% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 4t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 71/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Iceland data

Long-term strategic vision for infrastructure

Fiscal sustainability, affordability, and value for money

Efficient and effective public procurement

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • Gender mainstreaming in planning and prioritisation
  • Gender-disaggregated infrastructure data

Related publications

  • Budgetary Governance in Practice: Iceland
  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • National Planning Strategy 2015-2026

Links to useful data

  • 2020 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • Country profile of Iceland, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Iceland

Relevant public institutions

  • Ministry of Infrastructure
  • National Planning Agency
  • Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

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