Iceland - Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in Iceland was 51.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 61.79 in 1987, while its lowest value was 49.27 in 2016.

Definition: Household final consumption expenditure (formerly private consumption) is the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households. It excludes purchases of dwellings but includes imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings. It also includes payments and fees to governments to obtain permits and licenses. Here, household consumption expenditure includes the expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households, even when reported separately by the country. This item also includes any statistical discrepancy in the use of resources relative to the supply of resources.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 60.00
1971 59.65
1972 58.43
1973 55.28
1974 57.63
1975 56.72
1976 55.22
1977 55.07
1978 55.45
1979 56.46
1980 56.31
1981 57.77
1982 58.86
1983 58.90
1984 60.53
1985 61.78
1986 59.97
1987 61.79
1988 60.40
1989 59.87
1990 58.89
1991 59.72
1992 59.87
1993 57.36
1994 56.41
1995 57.11
1996 57.59
1997 56.97
1998 57.22
1999 58.86
2000 59.23
2001 55.00
2002 54.07
2003 56.41
2004 56.47
2005 58.41
2006 56.35
2007 55.61
2008 51.80
2009 51.33
2010 51.42
2011 51.86
2012 53.46
2013 52.47
2014 52.28
2015 49.68
2016 49.27
2017 50.10
2018 50.27
2019 49.86
2020 51.31

Limitations and Exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Household final consumption expenditure is often estimated as a residual, by subtracting all other known expenditures from GDP. The resulting aggregate may incorporate fairly large discrepancies. When household consumption is calculated separately, many of the estimates are based on household surveys, which tend to be one-year studies with limited coverage. Thus the estimates quickly become outdated and must be supplemented by estimates using price- and quantity-based statistical procedures. Complicating the issue, in many developing countries the distinction between cash outlays for personal business and those for household use may be blurred. Informal economic activities pose a particular measurement problem, especially in developing countries, where much economic activity is unrecorded. A complete picture of the economy requires estimating household outputs produced for home use, sales in informal markets, barter exchanges, and illicit or deliberately unreported activities. The consistency and completeness of such estimates depend on the skill and methods of the compiling statisticians.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts