Iceland has ousted Switzerland from its throne as the world's most expensive country, according to calculations by the Icelandic trade union Viska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the economist Vilhjalmur Hilmarsson of Viskas, prices in Iceland are approximately 3 per cent higher than Swiss prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The calculations are based on data from Eurostat and the Central Bank of Iceland, Sedlabanki. The last time it was more expensive in Iceland than in Switzerland was in 2018, according to Eurostat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Hilmarsson, a large part of the upward pressure on prices is due to the Icelandic economy largely revolving around tourism, which drives up service inflation and wages in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High housing prices \u2013 also related to tourism \u2013 contribute too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"We are far too dependent on labour-intensive industries that will continue to create inflationary pressure,\" says Hilmarsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Aftonbladet-tt.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Island har petat Schweiz fr\u00e5n tronen som v\u00e4rldens dyraste land, enligt ber\u00e4kningar fr\u00e5n det isl\u00e4ndska fackf\u00f6rbundet Viska. Priserna i Island \u00e4r cirka 3 procent h\u00f6gre \u00e4n schweiziska priser, enligt Viskas ekonom Vilhjalmur Hilmarsson. Ber\u00e4kningarna bygger p\u00e5 data fr\u00e5n Eurostat och Islands centralbank Sedlabanki. Senaste det var dyrare i Island \u00e4n i Schweiz var 2018, enligt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":299647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[7972,7919,7964,7965,807,7955,342,7967,7966,117,7970,7971,1506,420,7969,2444,7968,858,7785,3349,193],"class_list":["post-303776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turism","tag-dyra-resmal","tag-dyrast","tag-dyrast-i-varlden","tag-dyraste-landerna","tag-europa","tag-internationell-turism","tag-island","tag-levnadskostnader","tag-prisnivaer","tag-resa","tag-resa-till-island","tag-resa-till-schweiz","tag-resebranschen","tag-resenarer","tag-reskostnader","tag-schweiz","tag-semesterbudget","tag-transport","tag-travel-report","tag-travelreport-2","tag-tag-turism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n