Global Economy

Posted on July 1, 2015
Tags: Economics

1 Definitions

1.1 Main sectors

  • Services
    • ICT(Information+Communication Technology): software engineers, data scientists, digital services
    • Insurance
    • Tourism
    • Transport Service: Shipping goods by land, sea or air
  • Textiles (2%)
  • Agriculture (7.5%)
  • Stone
  • Minerals (8.6%)
  • Metals (9.1%)
  • Petrol (8.9%)
  • Chemicals (12.6%)
  • Vehicles (7.2%)
  • Machinery (11.3%)
  • Electronics (17.6%)
    • Semiconductors (6.7%)

2 Takeaways

2.1 Europe

  • Ireland - Very digital economy
    • ~50% Digital Service
    • ~7% Insurance Service
    • ~20% Vaccines and medicinal chemicals
  • Iceland - 30% Service (Digital, Tourism, Transport), 30% Aluminum, 30% fish
    • 30% aluminum
    • 30% fish
    • 35% Service (13 Digital, 13 Tourism 9 Transport)