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Iceland

Capital: ReykjavikRegion: Europe & Central AsiaIncome: High income
GDP
$43.40B
2026
Population
386,506
2024
GDP per Capita
$109K
2026
Life Expectancy
82.6 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$43.40B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)2.3%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$109K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$32.77B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$82K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.01%2026
GNI (Current USD)$33.39B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$82K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$84K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)20.1%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)64.9%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)4.0%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)25.1%2023
Household Consumption (% of GDP)49.0%2023
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)26.1%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)24.4%2024
GDP Deflator (%)6.0%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$113K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)8.6%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)13.9%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$54K2021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)5.7%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-1.1%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.0%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$6.68B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)3.1%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)44.9%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-0.6%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-1.1%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)4.0%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)5.9%2024
Lending Interest Rate (%)12.5%2024
Government Debt (% of GDP)80.2%2023
Government Revenue (% of GDP)31.5%2023
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)23.2%2023
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)35.2%2023
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)34.6%2023
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)2.3%2023
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$6.40B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)4.82024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)137.962024
Broad Money (% of GDP)67.3%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)86.0%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)43.5%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$14.12B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$14.47B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$6.94B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$9.81B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)8.1%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)1.4%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$2.70B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$246.1M2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.7%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)54.0%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-2.6%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$-867.0M2024

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)90.9%2024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)13.7%2023
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)1.6%2023
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)99.9%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)99.7%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)100.0%2024
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)35.0%2024

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)492024

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)0.9%2024
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)58.8%2024
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)17.1%2024
Average Firm Age (years)43 years2024
Firms Using Computers (%)35.4%2024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population386,5062024
Population Growth (%)0.2%2024
Population Density (per km²)42023
Surface Area (sq km)103,0002023
Land Area (sq km)100,8302023
Urban Population (%)94.2%2024
Urban Population (total)364,0192024
Rural Population (%)5.8%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth82.6 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male80.9 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female84.4 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.62023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)11.02023
Death Rate (per 1,000)6.62023
Net Migration2,7092025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)17.8%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)66.6%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)15.6%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)50.2%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)76.52023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)46.72023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force241,5222025
Labor Force Participation (%)74.9%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)70.0%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)79.6%2025
Unemployment (%)3.6%2025
Female Unemployment (%)3.4%2025
Male Unemployment (%)3.9%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)8.7%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)3.6%2025
Employment in Industry (%)18.2%2025
Employment in Services (%)78.1%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)8.4%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)86.7%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)48.9%2024
Employers (% of total employment)4.9%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)45.6%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)7.3%2022
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)15.7%2022
Primary School Enrollment (%)98.2%2023
Secondary School Enrollment (%)108.9%2023
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)76.5%2023
Primary Completion Rate (%)98.6%2023
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)97.8%2023
Out-of-School Children, Primary5992023
Out-of-School Girls, Primary2842023
Primary School Teachers3,5682023
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary102015
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)27.9%2016

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)9.0%2024
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$8K2024
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)7.3%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)14.9%2024
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.42023
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)15.92023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)2.82020
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)2.62023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)2.42023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)2.82023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)5.0%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)89.5%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)5.6%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)97.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)94.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.102024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)32024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)9.3%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)9.4%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)11.92021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)7.92020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)15,6862023
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)50,9512023
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)82.4%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)5.12020
Forest Area (%)0.5%2023
Forest Area (sq km)5332023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)2.9%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)0.5%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)100.0%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)98.8%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)16.2%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)2,4302023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)102.12022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)117.62022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)101.32022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)3,1602023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)97.32023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)0.0%2023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)0.2%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)99.8%2023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)37.42023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)88,0842024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)2.60%2022
Patent Applications, Residents342021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents22021
Scientific Journal Articles7662022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$689.3M2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)7.5%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident72021
Researchers in R&D (per million)6,8642022

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried4.3M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)191.92023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)390,0002021
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.602022
Electricity from Oil (%)0.0%2023
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)46.0%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)71.3%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)91.3%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)102.5%2017
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)3.42023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary0.962020

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption1.552023
Government Effectiveness1.562023
Regulatory Quality1.282023
Voice & Accountability1.452023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)92.0%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)93.4%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)96.7%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)95.3%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.0%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)1.32023

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.752020
Human Capital Index, Female0.772020
Human Capital Index, Male0.722020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School10.7 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals488,0002020
International Tourism, Departures130,0002020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Slums (% of urban)0.0%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)-0.3%2024