NUTS 3

Höfuðborgarsvæði

Region of Iceland · NUTS code IS001

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Höfuðborgarsvæði vs national value

Population

Population density
238.5 /km²
+0.8 vs 2023
Iceland 3.8 /km² · +6176%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
20.2 ‰
+34.3 vs 2023
Iceland 12.5 ‰ · +62%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
15.4 ‰
+34.7 vs 2023
Iceland 8.0 ‰ · +93%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
37.3 years
+0.2 vs 2024
Iceland 37.4 years
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
15.4 %
+0.2 vs 2024
Iceland 15.9 % · -3%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Society

Tourist nights
14,701 per 1,000
Iceland 25,294 per 1,000 · -42%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For Ísland

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 3 regions, only for the larger region Höfuðborgarsvæði belongs to.

Population
389,444
+5,877 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
82.8 years
+0.4 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
4.5 %
+0.9 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
85.8 %
−1.2 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
24 per mn
+2 vs 2020
2021 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
46.1 %
−0.2 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.56
+0.01 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
5.6 %
−0.2 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
389 per 100k
0 vs 2018
2019 · NUTS 2 ranking

Other regions in Ísland

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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