Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): Iceland
The latest reading SOTW holds for Iceland is 85.30% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.PRIME.RT.Q · ISL
Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.
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- Latest
- 85.30
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 85.24
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 88.12
- % of population in subgroup · 2003-Q1
- Readings shown
- 94
- Every reading SOTW holds
Iceland · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 85.30 |
| 2026-Q1 | 85.24 |
| 2025-Q4 | 85.76 |
| 2025-Q3 | 87.31 |
| 2025-Q2 | 88.04 |
| 2025-Q1 | 87.41 |
| 2024-Q4 | 89.32 |
| 2024-Q3 | 90.16 |
| 2024-Q2 | 88.53 |
| 2024-Q1 | 88.37 |
| 2023-Q4 | 88.27 |
| 2023-Q3 | 86.82 |
| 2023-Q2 | 87.92 |
| 2023-Q1 | 87.48 |
| 2022-Q4 | 87.40 |
| 2022-Q3 | 86.31 |
| 2022-Q2 | 87.05 |
| 2022-Q1 | 85.95 |
| 2021-Q4 | 85.15 |
| 2021-Q3 | 84.28 |
| 2021-Q2 | 82.83 |
| 2021-Q1 | 81.62 |
| 2020-Q4 | 81.52 |
| 2020-Q3 | 85.97 |
| 2020-Q2 | 83.89 |
| 2020-Q1 | 87.61 |
| 2019-Q4 | 88.59 |
| 2019-Q3 | 87.44 |
| 2019-Q2 | 88.64 |
| 2019-Q1 | 88.98 |
| 2018-Q4 | 89.27 |
| 2018-Q3 | 89.00 |
| 2018-Q2 | 89.05 |
| 2018-Q1 | 89.37 |
| 2017-Q4 | 89.43 |
| 2017-Q3 | 89.82 |
| 2017-Q2 | 90.36 |
| 2017-Q1 | 89.88 |
| 2016-Q4 | 90.47 |
| 2016-Q3 | 89.48 |
| 2016-Q2 | 89.53 |
| 2016-Q1 | 89.65 |
| 2015-Q4 | 89.33 |
| 2015-Q3 | 87.75 |
| 2015-Q2 | 88.38 |
| 2015-Q1 | 87.63 |
| 2014-Q4 | 87.54 |
| 2014-Q3 | 86.59 |
| 2014-Q2 | 86.77 |
| 2014-Q1 | 84.54 |
| 2013-Q4 | 85.21 |
| 2013-Q3 | 85.51 |
| 2013-Q2 | 84.37 |
| 2013-Q1 | 84.23 |
| 2012-Q4 | 84.64 |
| 2012-Q3 | 84.62 |
| 2012-Q2 | 84.62 |
| 2012-Q1 | 83.96 |
| 2011-Q4 | 84.45 |
| 2011-Q3 | 82.85 |
| 2011-Q2 | 83.29 |
| 2011-Q1 | 83.88 |
| 2010-Q4 | 83.27 |
| 2010-Q3 | 82.14 |
| 2010-Q2 | 82.44 |
| 2010-Q1 | 83.22 |
| 2009-Q4 | 83.64 |
| 2009-Q3 | 83.62 |
| 2009-Q2 | 81.95 |
| 2009-Q1 | 82.99 |
| 2008-Q4 | 86.40 |
| 2008-Q3 | 86.85 |
| 2008-Q2 | 88.06 |
| 2008-Q1 | 88.07 |
| 2007-Q4 | 88.72 |
| 2007-Q3 | 89.02 |
| 2007-Q2 | 88.56 |
| 2007-Q1 | 89.17 |
| 2006-Q4 | 88.93 |
| 2006-Q3 | 88.50 |
| 2006-Q2 | 88.10 |
| 2006-Q1 | 88.13 |
| 2005-Q4 | 87.13 |
| 2005-Q3 | 88.15 |
| 2005-Q2 | 89.15 |
| 2005-Q1 | 87.70 |
| 2004-Q4 | 87.40 |
| 2004-Q3 | 86.86 |
| 2004-Q2 | 87.51 |
| 2004-Q1 | 87.80 |
| 2003-Q4 | 87.93 |
| 2003-Q3 | 88.25 |
| 2003-Q2 | 88.65 |
| 2003-Q1 | 88.12 |
Source: OECD. All 94 readings held, 2003-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.