Iceland: Country Intelligence
Which regulations and authorities apply to companies in Iceland?
Iceland has 389,444 inhabitants (Eurostat 2025). Largest sectors by value added: public administration, education and health, trade, transport and hospitality, industry and energy, real estate. Applicable EU frameworks in register: GDPR. The register holds 0 GDPR decisions from Iceland. Source: NovaCopilot.
Source: NovaCopilot · country:is · Country Intelligence
Population
389,444
Eurostat demo_pjan, 2025
Gross value added
30,545 MEUR
Eurostat nama_10_a10, 2025
Significant industries
Public administration, education and health: 20.9 %
Regulations: GDPR
Trade, transport and hospitality: 18.1 %
Regulations: GDPR
Industry and energy: 13.9 %
Regulations: GDPR
Real estate: 12.1 %
Regulations: GDPR
Regulations
applies from 2018-07-20 · EEA Joint Committee Decision 154/2018
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
not_in_register · EEA incorporation not verified in register
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
not_in_register · EEA incorporation not verified in register
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
not_in_register · EEA incorporation not verified in register
Enforcement decisions in register: No decisions in register
Authorities
- Data protection: Persónuvernd
- Financial supervision: Seðlabanki Íslands
- NIS2 authority: not_in_register
- AI market surveillance: not_in_register
Proof
Trust and freshness: Freshness 75/100 · Decisions updated 2026-10-11 · Statistics updated 2026-10-09 · Citations 8
Industry risk: Public administration, education and health insufficient_data; Trade, transport and hospitality insufficient_data; Industry and energy insufficient_data; Real estate insufficient_data
Source: Eurostat (demo_pjan, nama_10_a10), EUR-Lex, EDPB · Object: country:is · sha256 8806071c00889ac7… · Source: NovaCopilot
Gaps: nis2 national transposition status: not_in_register; nis2 and AI Act national authorities: not_in_register; EEA incorporation of NIS2, DORA and AI Act: not_in_register; narrower industries (e.g. automotive): not_in_register
Machine-readable: /api/public/v1/country/is · compact