Businesses in Búðardalur

Categories in Búðardalur

Farming Churches Tourist Attraction Restaurants Campground Guest House Hotels Hotels and motels Lodge Lodging

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Búðardalur

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Other accommodation	20
Sports and recreation	11

Búðardalur Facts

Area	0.6 km²
Population	48
Male Population	25 (52.5%)
Female Population	23 (47.5%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-94.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-92.3%
Median Age	42 years (Male: 41.8, Female: 42.1)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$47,479 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Greenwich Mean Time
Lat & Lng	65.10944, -21.76392
Postal Codes	370, 371

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Búðardalur Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	849	731	620	496	48	49	48
Population Density	1,509.3 / km²	1,299.6 / km²	1,102.2 / km²	881.8 / km²	85.3 / km²	87.1 / km²	85.3 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Búðardalur Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 92.3% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Búðardalur	-94.3%	-93.4%	-92.3%
Western Region (Iceland)	—	—	—
Iceland	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Búðardalur Median Age

Median Age: 42 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Búðardalur	42 yrs	42.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Western Region (Iceland)	34.9 yrs	35.7 yrs	34.1 yrs
Iceland	34.9 yrs	35.5 yrs	34.4 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Búðardalur Population Density

Population Density: 85.3 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Búðardalur	48	0.563 km²	85.3 / km²
Western Region (Iceland)	11,645	9,613.7 km²	1.2 / km²
Iceland	305,309	102,490.8 km²	3 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Búðardalur Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Búðardalur

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Búðardalur

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Búðardalur Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$22,229	$22,835	$40,663	$42,808	$41,241	$58,253	$43,455	$47,479
Total GDP	$13.3M	$12.8M	$21.2M	$20.6M	$18.2M	$24.4M	$19.6M	$21.6M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Western Region (Iceland) CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Western Region (Iceland)	150,953 tn	12.96 tn	15.7 tons/km²
Iceland	3,989,543 tn	13.07 tn	38.9 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Western Region (Iceland) CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	150,953 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	12.96 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	15.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Low (2)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
11/26/07	3:31 PM	4.2	81.5 km	10,400 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
7/24/99	3:43 AM	4.2	84.8 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
7/22/94	12:45 AM	4.2	76.5 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
1/30/91	7:43 AM	5.2	91.9 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
7/19/85	5:23 PM	4.3	43.9 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
6/28/85	4:44 PM	4.3	86.2 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
6/26/85	1:38 PM	4.3	79.3 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
6/25/85	10:31 AM	4.5	76.5 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
2/22/84	6:30 PM	4.5	93.5 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov
5/9/81	1:31 AM	4.3	71.2 km	10,000 m	Iceland	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Búðardalur

Búðardalur is a village situated on the Hvammsfjörður in the north-west of Iceland. village also lies at the north-eastern end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula and is part of the municipality of Dalabyggð. Búðardalur has about 270 inhabitants in 2014 an..

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