Iceland

Iceland is a newcomer to the Index and is ranked 31st overall.

Summary chart of Iceland's scores in the 2019 InCiSE index. GBR NZL CAN FIN AUS DNK NOR NLD SWE KOR USA EST CHE IRL AUT FRA ESP BEL DEU LTU MEX CHL LVA JPN ITA SVN ISR POL CZE PRT TUR SVK HRV BGR ROU GRC HUN ISL InCiSE 0.26 0.52 Capabilities Crisis and risk management Digital services Fiscal and financial management HR management Inclusiveness Integrity Openness Policy making Procurement Regulation Tax administration

Iceland’s strongest score is for tax administration (ranked 11th) and all metric scores are above average. It achieves only just below the maximum score for the metric assessing the volume of online VAT returns. Iceland’s score for the efficiency metric on total tax debt as a proportion of net revenue is strong as well.

Iceland also performs well on digital services(ranked 13th overall). Whilst thematic scores vary, Iceland does well on most small claims services related metrics, as well as the availability of user friendly online services for finding a new job.

The main indicators where Iceland’s scores are relatively weak are fiscal and financial management, HR management and openness.

Cross-referencing note

This content was presented as section 4.18 in the original 2019 publication.