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🇮🇸 Iceland
ISL IS kr Icelandic króna (ISK)
Every statistic we track for Iceland — 133 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$82,730
84.0 yrs
7.54
0.72
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All indicators
📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 99.9% | #1/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 99.9% | #1/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 20.4 | #38/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -0.7% | #74/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 94.1% | #15/140 | 2024 |
| Economic Freedom of the World | 7.8 | #13/163 | 2022 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 138 | #48/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #127/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -1.1% | #45/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 43.8 | #104/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 32.9 | #147/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 110,048 | #5/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 42,146 | #21/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 82,730 | #18/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 1.9% | #124/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 53.6% | #90/185 | 2026 |
| Income per Person | 37,520 | #17/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 4.8% | #55/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 75.7 | #14/130 | 2023 |
| Real GDP Growth | 1.9% | #145/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0% | #134/191 | 2026 |
| Tax Wedge (single, avg wage) (OECD) | 31.7% | #29/40 | 2023 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 16,019,540,441 | #146/165 | 2022 |
| Unemployment Rate | 4.2% | #71/103 | 2026 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.6 | #139/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0 | #166/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 36.6 | #97/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 0.3 | #179/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 0.4 | #168/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 4 | #228/235 | 2026 |
| Urban Population | 94.2% | #20/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 100% | #45/214 | 2024 |
| Internet Users | 98.2% | #10/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 120.1 | #85/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 13.5 | #3/146 | 2020 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 459 | #37/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 436 | #42/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 447 | #40/79 | 2022 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 8.5 | #25/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 15,686 | #2/149 | 2023 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 64.3 | #19/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 100% | #5/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 82.8 | #12/177 | 2026 |
| Trust in the News Media (ISSP) | 44.7% | #11/28 | 2020 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 1.1 | #160/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 0.5 | #189/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 2.4 | #187/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 83.9% | #86/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 60.1% | #21/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.7 | #111/193 | 2026 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 73.9% | #2/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 2.7% | #105/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 1.6 | #184/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 63.3 | #26/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 2.4 | #148/193 | 2026 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 39.6% | #134/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 7.5 | #2/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness (EVS) | 95.4% | #1/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 1.1 | #7/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 2 | #10/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.2 | #9/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 1 | #9/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.2 | #39/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.7 | #1/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 1 | #1/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Acceptance of Homosexuality (EVS) | 88.9% | #1/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Attended a Demonstration | 21.1% | #12/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 96.8% | #4/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 60.7% | #123/143 | 2018 |
| Interpersonal Trust (EVS) | 63.3% | #5/36 | 2017–2020 |
| Interpersonal Trust (ISSP) | 67.2% | #2/27 | 2020 |
| Left–Right Self-placement | 5.3 | #32/53 | 2011–2024 |
| Signed a Petition | 54.3% | #6/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 67.5% | #1/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 4.3 | #81/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.9 | #61/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in People (ESS) | 6.3 | #4/38 | 2023 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.9 | #47/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 94.1% | #10/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 93.5% | #3/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.8 | #39/153 | 2017 |
| Voting Makes a Difference | 70.4% | #23/54 | 2011–2024 |
| Who Is in Power Makes a Difference | 80.8% | #5/51 | 2011–2021 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.