hagstofa

Hagstofa Íslands, commonly translated as Statistics Iceland, is the national statistics office of Iceland. It collects, processes, and disseminates official statistics about the country’s economy, society, and environment to support informed policy making, research, and public understanding.

Its work covers censuses and surveys, administrative data, and long-running time series. Key areas include population and housing, labor market, prices and inflation, gross domestic product and national accounts, trade, education, health, and the environment. The agency publishes regular statistical releases, a statistical yearbook, and thematic reports, and it maintains an online data portal with open access to many datasets. It also provides methods and metadata so researchers and analysts can interpret the data, and it offers controlled access to microdata for approved researchers under strict privacy safeguards.

Organization and governance: Hagstofa Íslands is a government agency headed by a director and operates under Icelandic law. It collaborates with international organizations and adheres to international statistical standards and quality guidelines. The data are widely used by government bodies, businesses, researchers, media, and the public. Hagstofa Íslands promotes statistical transparency through timely releases and public data products, supporting evidence-based decision making at multiple levels of society.