List of companies of Iceland

Iceland has a market economy with relatively low taxes compared to other OECD countries.

[2] It maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens.

In 2013, it was ranked as the 13th most-developed country in the world by the United Nations' Human Development Index.

Affected by the ongoing worldwide financial crisis, the nation's entire banking system systemically failed in October 2008, leading to a severe depression, substantial political unrest, the Icesave dispute, and the institution of capital controls.

Many bankers were jailed,[5] and the economy has made a significant recovery, in large part due to a surge in tourism.