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  • 7-November-2023

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    Health at a Glance 2023: Key findings for Iceland

    Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data and trends on population health and health system performance. This Country Note shows how Iceland compares to other OECD countries across indicators in the report.

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  • 3-November-2023

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    Immigration in Iceland - Addressing challenges and unleashing the benefits

    Immigration has increased rapidly since the late 1990s, driven largely by strong economic growth and high standards of living. By mid-2023, foreign citizens made up around 18% of the population. This has brought important economic benefits to Iceland, including by boosting the working age population and helping the country to meet labour demands in fast-growing sectors. However, there are important challenges regarding the integration of immigrants and their children that need to be addressed through a comprehensive approach, helping to make the most of immigration. Successful labour market integration of immigrants requires more effective language training for adults and an improvement in skills recognition procedures. At the same time, immigrants need more opportunities to work in the public sector and the adult learning system should be adjusted to better encompass their training needs. Strengthening language skills is key to improving the weak educational outcomes of immigrant students. Enhancing teachers’ preparedness to accommodate students’ diverse educational needs is another pre-requisite. Strengthening integration further hinges upon meeting the housing needs of the immigrant population, including through an increase in the supply of social and affordable housing.

  • 14-September-2023

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    Embracing a One Health Framework to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance in Iceland

    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microbes to resist antimicrobials - remains an alarming global health threat that jeopardises the effectiveness of many 20th century public health advances. In recent years, Iceland made important strides in tackling AMR. Yet, more progress is needed.

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  • 20-juin-2023

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    L’Islande doit lutter contre l’inflation et tirer le meilleur parti de l’immigration

    Portée par le tourisme étranger et la vigueur de la demande intérieure, l’économie islandaise est aujourd’hui l’une des plus dynamiques de l’OCDE. Sa croissance devrait toutefois ralentir, dans la mesure où le durcissement des conditions financières et le climat d’incertitude pèsent sur l’investissement des entreprises, d’après un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE.

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  • 26-April-2023

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    Aid at a glance charts

    These ready-made tables and charts provide for snapshot of aid (Official Development Assistance) for all DAC Members as well as recipient countries and territories. Summary reports by regions (Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania) and the world are also available.

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  • 25-April-2023

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    Taxing Wages: Key findings for Iceland

    The tax wedge for the average single worker in Iceland increased by 0.2 percentage points from 32.3% in 2021 to 32.5% in 2022. The OECD average tax wedge in 2022 was 34.6% (2021, 34.6%).

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  • 16-March-2023

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    Nordic Lessons for an Inclusive Recovery? Responses to the Impact of COVID-19 on the Labour Market

    This report examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nordic labour markets and the associated policy responses undertaken in the areas of unemployment benefits, job retention schemes, active labour market policies and skill development policies. The report discusses the details of these policy measures across Nordic countries and draws out the main lessons learned from their response to the crisis. Finally, the report provides a set of key recommendations in each policy area to enable Nordic countries to build more inclusive and resilient labour markets in the post-pandemic period.

  • 1-February-2023

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    EU Country Cancer Profile: Iceland 2023

    This profile identifies strengths, challenges and specific areas of action on cancer prevention and care in Iceland as part of the European Cancer Inequalities Registry, a flagship initiative of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. It provides a short synthesis of: the national cancer burden; risk factors for cancer (focusing on behavioural and environmental risk factors); early detection programmes; and cancer care performance (focusing on accessibility, care quality, costs and the impact of COVID-19 on cancer care).
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  • 30-November-2022

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    Revenue Statistics: Key findings for Iceland

    The OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics report found that the tax-to-GDP ratio in Iceland decreased by 1.1 percentage points from 36.1% in 2020 to 35.1% in 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, the OECD average increased from 33.6% to 34.1%.

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  • 15-November-2022

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    Swimming skills around the world - Evidence on inequalities in life skills across and within countries

    Being able to swim empowers individuals to make choices, have agency, and be free to choose core aspects of their life, such as working safely on or near water. It is also associated with lifelong health benefits and reduces the risk of drowning. Using data from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll 2019, this paper provides the first global estimates of adults’ ability to swim without assistance. Individuals in high-income countries are considerably more likely to report being able to swim without assistance than individuals in low-income countries. Disparities also exist within countries. In particular, women are less likely to be able to swim without assistance than men in virtually all countries, birth cohorts, and levels of education. Investing in reducing inequalities in life skills, such as swimming, can foster economic development and empowerment, especially in light of threats, such as climate change.
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