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I wish people would stop taking Iceland as an example for pretty much anything. They basically have two industries (Fishing and aluminium) and only 300 000 peop

by stannol 11y ago

I wish people would stop taking Iceland as an example for pretty much anything. They basically have two industries (Fishing and aluminium) and only 300 000 people, they are a very special case and comparisons rarely make sense.

AndrewKemendo 11y ago
In that case, Vladivostok would be a great comparison metric also! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok
Cthulhu_ 11y ago
And Eve Online, I guess. 300K is even less than I thought that country has. We (NL)'ve got more unemployed, elderly/retired, children, etc than that. Of course the ratio will probably be about equal, but yeah, can't compare a 300.000 people economy with a 17 million and 5.5 million one.
- techman9 11y ago
  Does Bjork count as an industry?
  - mseebach 11y ago
    She lives in New York and her label is London-based. If she does count as an industry, it's not an Icelandic one.
robin_reala 11y ago
Iceland’s tourism industry is now bigger than fishing as of 2015.