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).