title: NUTS statistical regions of Iceland
text: # NUTS statistical regions of Iceland
  
  As a candidate country of the European Union, Iceland (IS) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). The three NUTS levels are:
  
  * NUTS-1: IS0 Iceland
  * NUTS-2: IS00 Iceland
  * NUTS-3: Capital area / Rest of country
     * IS001 Höfuðborgarsvæðið (Capital Region)
     * IS002 Landsbyggð (rest of country)
  
  Below the NUTS levels, there are two Local Administrative Unitary levels (LAU-1: regions, LAU-2: municipalities).
  
  