Government at a Glance 2013

Country Fact Sheet

Strategic Governance

Women in Government

Public Finance & Economics

Public Procurement

Budget Practices & Procedures

Open and Inclusive Government

Public Employment & Pay

Serving Citizens

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Country value in blue (not represented if not available)

Range of OECD country values in grey

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Trust in government

Fiscal sustainability

Public sector efficiency

Impact of the tax system and grants on reducing income inequality% of citizens who have confi dence in their national government (2007 & 2012)

Education: performance in PISA reading scores and expenditure per student (aged 6 to 15) in USD PPP (2009)

Source: Gallup World Poll

Source: OECD Education at a Glance 2012

Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

Source: OECD Economic Outlook No. 93 (May 2013)

Total consolidation requirements between 2012 and 2030 in order to reduce government debt to 60% of GDP

Differences in income inequality before and after tax and government transfers (2010)

Strategic Governance

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6Gini Coefficient Gini Coefficient

Higherinequality

Higherinequality

Lowerinequality

Lowerinequality

Before After Before After

OECD

0.47

0.31taxe

s and tran

sfers

0.24

0.39

taxes and

transfer

s

Iceland

0

5

10

15

% of potential GDP

3.0%OECD

3.6%Iceland

Expenditure per student aged 6 to 15 (USD PPP)

PISA Reading Score

0 50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000400

450

500

550Higherscore

Lowerscore

OECD

PISAReading

Expenditure

495 USD 83 500

500 USD 100 000Iceland

Iceland

In Iceland, spending on defense accounted for 0.1% of total government expenditure, the

lowest share across OECD countries.

With a Gini coeffi cient of 0.24, Iceland’s income inequality after government taxes and transfers is the lowest among OECD countries.

More than 4 out of 5 citizens in Iceland use the internet to interact with public authorities,

the highest rate in the OECD.

Percentage pointchange 2007-20120 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

%

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100%

45

40

2007

2012-5

OECD

+22007

2012 26

24

Iceland

Note: Data for Iceland are for 2008 rather than 2007.

Iceland

Public Finance and Economics

Structure of government expenditures (2011)% of total government expenditure

Government revenues(2011)

Government expenditures(2011)

Fiscal balance(2011)

Government debt(2011)

% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP % of GDP

Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts

Source: OECD National Accounts

Budget Practices and ProceduresFiscal rules: Types and legal foundation (2012) Use of performance budgeting practices

at the central level of government (2011)

Index

Source: OECD 2012 Survey on Budget Practices and Procedures Source: OECD 2011 Survey on Performance Budgeting

20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

OECD

41.9%

41.7%Iceland

20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

OECD

45.4%

47.3%Iceland

OECD

-15% -10% 0%-5% +5% +10% +15%

-3.5%

-5.6%Iceland

0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250%

OECD79% 100%

0%

Iceland

Note: Data for the Iceland are not available.

100%

0%

Socialprotection

HealthEducation

Generalpublic services

Economicaffairs

Public orderand safety

Defence Other

35.6%

5.9%

3.9%

3.6%

14.5%12.5%

13.6%

10.5%

OECD

8.8%Other

0.1%Defence

3.1%%

Public orderand safety

12.4%Economic

affairs

17.8%General

public services

17.1%Education

16.1%Health

24.6%

Socialprotection

Iceland

In how many countriesdo these types of rules exist?

If yes, what is thelegal foundation?

Do these types of rules exist?

Expenditurerule(s)

Revenuerule(s)

Budget balancerule(s)

Debtrule(s)

Legal foundations:

ConstitutionInternationalTreaty

Primary and/orSecondary Legislation

InternalRules/Policy

PoliticalCommitment

C IT L R PC

21

5

28

23

OECDIceland

Note: Data for Iceland is not available.

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.38

OECD0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7

Note: Data for Iceland are not available.

Iceland

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

Public Employment and PayEmployment in general government (2011)

% of labour force

Annual compensation across central government positions (2011)

Source: OECD 2012 Survey on Compensation of Employees in Centrtall/Federal Governments

Source: International Labour Organisation Database & OECD Labour Force Statistics

2011 USD PPP

Women in GovernmentShare of women in general government (2010) Share of ministers who are women (2012)

Source: International Labour Organisation Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union Parline Database

% of general government employment % of ministers

Public ProcurementProcurement expenditure (2011) Use of innovative procurement tools in central government (2012)

% of government expenditures functionalities in e-procurement systems

Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD 2012 Survey on Public Procurement

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

OECD

29.0%28.6%

Iceland

Procurement plansare published

Yes, in national central e-procurement systems Yes,in e-procurement systems of speci�c procuring entities No

Tendersare announced

Bids can be submitted

electronically

Invoices can be submitted

electronically

208

10

3270

16136

81015OECD

Iceland

56.8%OECD

50%

0%

100%

Note: Data for Iceland are not available.

Iceland

24.9%OECD

50%

0%

100%

50.0%Iceland

50%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

15.5%OECD

Note: Data for Iceland are not available.

Iceland

232 000126 00089 00050 000

OECDOECDOECDOECD

Middle managers(D3 positions)

Senior managers(D1 positions)

Senior professionalsSecretaries(general office clerks)

2011 USD PPP

0

100 000

200 000

300 000

400 000

92 00089 00062 00041 000

IcelandIcelandIcelandIceland

Open and Inclusive GovernmentAsset disclosure: Level of disclosure of private interests

and public availability of information (2012)

Source: OECD 2012 Survey on Confl ict of Interest Disclosure

Serving Citizens: quality of public services

out of pocket expenditure as a % of fi nal household consumption

Access to medical care (2011) Citizen take-up of e-government services (2012)% of individuals using the internet to interact with public authorities

Satisfaction and confidence across public services (2012)% of citizens expressing confi dence/satisfaction

Source: OECD Health Statistics 2013 Source: Eurostat and OECD

Source: World Gallup Poll

Government at a Glance 2013With a focus on public administration, OECD Government at a Glance 2013 provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the

goal of contributing to the analysis and international comparison of public sector performance across OECD countries. Indicators on public finances

and employment are provided alongside composite indexes summarising aspects of public management policies, and indicators on service quality

in education, health, taxation and justice. Government at a Glance 2013 also includes indicators on key governance and public management

issues, such as strategice governance, budgeting, compensation in the public service, public procurement and open government.

www.oecd.org/gov/govataglance.htm

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50%OECD

100%

0%

25%

50%

75%

86%Iceland

40%

66%71%

51% 72%

National government

Judicial system Local police

Health care Education system

OECD range

OECD

26%

78%79%

54% 89%2040

60

80

100

Iceland

2.9%

OECD0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5%

3.3%

Iceland

100

75

50

25

0

51OECD

44Iceland

Low level Middle level High level

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100