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).