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OECD Urges Education And Energy Reforms in Iceland
According to the new report by the OECD, a number of reforms are needed to maintain quality of life in Iceland. The state of education is a particular concern, reports RÚV. Iceland received generally positive marks in the newly released OECD economic…
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Icelandic Youth Performing Worse In School Than European Counterparts, Suggests PISA Survey
New data from the international PISA survey suggests that the educational performance of Icelandic 15-year-olds is beneath the OECD median. According to the results, published December 5, Icelandic teenagers are lagging behind their European peers in reading comprehension, maths, and natural sciences.…
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International Comparison Shows Iceland Has Best Pension System
According to the pension index maintained by the consulting company Mercer and the CFA Institute, the Icelandic pension system is at the top of the list, reports Vísir. The index was published this morning. The index compares pension systems in 43 countries.…
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Obesity Rate In Iceland Highest In Europe, Says OECD
A bar chart that the OECD posted on their Facebook page shows that the obesity rate in Iceland is the highest in Europe, Vísir reports. As the new year approaches and many people set goals for fat loss and fitness gains, the…
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OECD Reports That Iceland Should Do More To Address Bribery
A new report from the OECD states that Iceland needs to do more work to detect and address bribery violations that occur within the country. The OECD report provides an analysis of the implementation of the Convention on Bribery in International Trade…
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Reading Comprehension Poor Among Icelandic Teenagers
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has released a new survey done by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which found that reading comprehension in Iceland is much poorer than in other countries. The survey was conducted among 15…
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OECD: Iceland Must Diversify And Reform Its Economy To Help Avoid Major Shocks
Iceland is effectively putting far too many of its eggs in one basket, a new survey from the OECD details. They recommend Iceland diversify its economy and cut regulations around foreign investment, amongst other things. “Sound macroeconomic policies and favourable external conditions…
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OECD Data On Cancer In Iceland Inaccurate, Specialist Says
The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) report on increased mortality rates for breast cancer in Iceland might not be thoroughly accurate, according to local medical specialists. As we recently reported, the paper claimed that the highest mortality rate for breast…
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Iceland With Highest Mortality Rate For Breast Cancer
According to a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Iceland has the highest mortality rate among breast cancer patients in the entire OECD area. Members of the OECD include countries from all over the world, from Italy, Japan…
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Roughly 46.000 Icelanders Took Anti-Depressants Last Year
Roughly 46.000 Icelanders took prescription anti-depressants in 2016, an increase of about 22% in just 4 years, reports Vísir. The most significant increase was among those aged between 15-and 19 years, up 62% since 2012. “This is a sharp increase that raises…
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Iceland Spending Less On Health Care Than Almost All Other OECD Countries
Only Mexico spends proportionately less on health care than Iceland, amongst all other OECD countries. Iceland has scarcely increased its budget allocations to health care, while Icelandic households have been paying more for it. RÚV reports that from 2005 to 2009, Iceland…
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State Prosecutor Wants Authority To Wiretap Government Officials
Legislative changes are needed to give the State Prosecutor the authority to wiretap government officials suspected of bribery. RÚV reports that a bill currently in parliament grants authorities the permission to wiretap those suspected of committing crimes with a penalty of at…
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Iceland’s Immigrants The Most Employed In The World
Immigrant participation in the workforce is highest of all in Iceland, topping other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). According to the latest report, Iceland has the fifth lowest rate of unemployment amongst OECD countries, at 4.1%. Japan,…
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Iceland Has A Low Rate of C-Sections
Across the developing world the rate of c-sections is on the rise, reports the OECD. In Iceland however, the rate remains very low. In the OECD countries, the c-section rate overall stands at around 28%, with the highest rates occurring in Turkey…
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Iceland: #1 In Consumption Of Antidepressants
Iceland is the top country in the world for antidepressant consumption, and the number of new users is rising, an OECD report states. According to the OECD “Health at a Glance 2015” report, Iceland ranks first amongst the countries surveyed in terms…
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OECD: Iceland Lacking Production, Competition
A new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) contends that the Icelandic market lacks competition and is underproducing. RÚV points out that Iceland has lower rates of production than every other Nordic country, except for the sectors of…
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Excessive Drinking On The Rise In Iceland
Iceland is one of few OECD countries where alcohol consumption has increased over the past 20 years. RÚV reports that according to a new study from the OECD, alcohol consumption has decreased in the OECD, with the exception of a few countries,…
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OECD Expresses “Serious Concerns” Over Bribery In Iceland
The OECD Working Group on Bribery has released a statement expressing serious concerns about Iceland’s lack of progress in combatting the bribery of foreign public officials. In 2010, the Working Group made 17 recommendations to Iceland for improving its fight against foreign…
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Iceland’s University Hospital: The Director Speaks
Throughout the whole healthcare debacle, one man has consistently remained focused on the big picture: the National University Hospital of Iceland (LSH) director Dr. Páll Matthíasson, PhD. Educated as a psychiatrist, Páll worked in London, England, from 1997-2007 before returning to Iceland,…
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Management Wrong On Icelanders’ Working Hours
A representative of management who contended that Icelanders do not need to work fewer hours has been corrected by the director of the Association for Sustainability and Democracy (ALDA). As reported, Þorsteinn Víglundsson, the director of Business Iceland (SA), recently dismissed a…
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Iceland Has Oldest Graduates
A new OECD report on education shows that Iceland is the only place in the developed world where the average age to leave tertiary education is over 30, reports The Guardian. This does not mean that young Icelanders are shunning university however,…