NEWS RELEASE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS 08 MARCH 2011

Statistics Iceland releases now the first provisional annual national accounts for 2010. The present figures show that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 3.5% in real terms. In 2009, GDP decreased by 6.9% but grew at a rate of 1.4% 2008.

Domestic expenditure decreased by 2.5%. Household final consumption decreased by 0.2%, government final consumption by 3.2% and fixed capital formation by 8.1%. At the same time, exports grew by 1.1% and imports by 3.9%. This resulted in a surplus in the balance on goods and services of 162 billion ISK in 2010 compared with 129 billion ISK in 2009.

Gross Domestic Product 2010  - Statistical Series

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