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  • Icelanders Consume Most Electricity Per Capita In The World

    Icelanders Consume Most Electricity Per Capita In The World

    Icelanders consume the most electricity per capita of any nation in the world, RÚV reports, according to new data from the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2017, Icelanders consumed an astounding 54.4 megawatts per hour. By comparison, the second place country, Norway,…

  • Chicken Dethrones Mutton As King Of Meat

    Chicken Dethrones Mutton As King Of Meat

    Habits of meat consumption, among Iceland’s population, have changed drastically over the last thirty years, according to recent numbers from Statistics Iceland (StatIce). Whereas in 1983, 70% of all meat consumed was mutton, it is now down to around a quarter of…

  • Icelanders Consume Most Electricity

    Icelanders Consume Most Electricity

    Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Sweden consume the most electricity per person in the world, and Icelanders most of all, reports NASA. Icelanders consume an average of 52,374 kilowatt hours per person per year, Norwegians 23,174 kilowatt hours, Finns 15,738 kilowatt hours, and…