The fishing industry continues to shrink as a source of employment, while tourism and construction add thousands of new jobs, the latest figures from Statistics Iceland reveal. The number of employees in the fishing industry dropped by 6% year-over-year between June 2016 and 2017, while the number of employees in construction grew by 13% and tourism grew by 9%.
In June a total of 9,100 people, roughly 4,6% of the total labour force, were employed in the fishing industry. This number had dropped from 9,700 the year before. At the same time the number of people employed by the tourism industry grew from 26,800 to 29,300, an increase of 9%. Today 14.9% of the total number of employees are employed in the tourism industry.
As the data from Statistics Iceland does not count self-employed people, who are particularly numerous in construction, agriculture and the creative industries.
The fishing industry continues to shrink as a source of employment, while tourism and construction add thousands of new jobs, the latest figures from Statistics Iceland reveal. The number of employees in the fishing industry dropped by 6% year-over-year between June 2016 and 2017, while the number of employees in construction grew by 13% and tourism grew by 9%.
In June a total of 9,100 people, roughly 4,6% of the total labour force, were employed in the fishing industry. This number had dropped from 9,700 the year before. At the same time the number of people employed by the tourism industry grew from 26,800 to 29,300, an increase of 9%. Today 14.9% of the total number of employees are employed in the tourism industry.
As the data from Statistics Iceland does not count self-employed people, who are particularly numerous in construction, agriculture and the creative industries.
