Culture & Sport Statistics in Iceland

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Cultural employment, % of jobs

4.5%−1.0 pp vs 2024

Cultural employment by region

5.3%−0.8 pp vs 2023

Employment in cultural activities

4.5%−1.0 pp vs 2024

Employment among cultural occupations

78.2%−0.4 pp vs 2023

Cultural employment by activity

10.2−19.0% vs 2024

Cultural employment by education level

1.9%−1.5 pp vs 2024

All Culture & Sport datasets for Iceland (37)

Dataset	Source
Employment in sport by age Eurostat	Eurostat	−12.5%
Employment in sport by educational attainment level Eurostat	Eurostat	−34.5%
Employment in sport by sex Eurostat	Eurostat	−12.5%
Cultural employment by age Eurostat	Eurostat	−18.2%
Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors, journalists and linguists Eurostat	Eurostat	−26.5%
Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors, journalists and linguists by individual and employment characteristics Eurostat	Eurostat	−1%
Cultural employment by educational attainment level Eurostat	Eurostat	−44.1%
Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity Eurostat	Eurostat	−19%
Cultural employment by sex Eurostat	Eurostat	−18.2%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+73.1%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−1.5%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+73.4%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+48.9%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+50.8%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons getting together with family (relatives) or friends by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons getting together with family (relatives) or friends by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age and educational attainment Eurostat	Eurostat	−4.7%
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age and educational attainment Eurostat	Eurostat	−0.6%
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons practicing artistic activities by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons practicing artistic activities by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region Eurostat	Eurostat	−13.1%

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