Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): Iceland
The latest reading SOTW holds for Iceland is 81.47% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.TOTAL.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
- 81.47
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 82.61
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 83.17
- % 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 | 81.47 |
| 2026-Q1 | 82.61 |
| 2025-Q4 | 82.65 |
| 2025-Q3 | 84.12 |
| 2025-Q2 | 84.79 |
| 2025-Q1 | 84.53 |
| 2024-Q4 | 85.44 |
| 2024-Q3 | 86.46 |
| 2024-Q2 | 85.14 |
| 2024-Q1 | 84.33 |
| 2023-Q4 | 83.87 |
| 2023-Q3 | 83.56 |
| 2023-Q2 | 83.73 |
| 2023-Q1 | 83.70 |
| 2022-Q4 | 83.70 |
| 2022-Q3 | 82.87 |
| 2022-Q2 | 83.48 |
| 2022-Q1 | 82.98 |
| 2021-Q4 | 81.92 |
| 2021-Q3 | 80.67 |
| 2021-Q2 | 78.78 |
| 2021-Q1 | 77.63 |
| 2020-Q4 | 76.92 |
| 2020-Q3 | 81.41 |
| 2020-Q2 | 80.05 |
| 2020-Q1 | 82.88 |
| 2019-Q4 | 83.34 |
| 2019-Q3 | 83.28 |
| 2019-Q2 | 84.77 |
| 2019-Q1 | 84.97 |
| 2018-Q4 | 85.37 |
| 2018-Q3 | 85.42 |
| 2018-Q2 | 84.49 |
| 2018-Q1 | 84.97 |
| 2017-Q4 | 85.43 |
| 2017-Q3 | 85.44 |
| 2017-Q2 | 86.66 |
| 2017-Q1 | 86.98 |
| 2016-Q4 | 87.00 |
| 2016-Q3 | 86.95 |
| 2016-Q2 | 86.12 |
| 2016-Q1 | 86.03 |
| 2015-Q4 | 84.91 |
| 2015-Q3 | 85.10 |
| 2015-Q2 | 84.56 |
| 2015-Q1 | 84.27 |
| 2014-Q4 | 83.58 |
| 2014-Q3 | 83.20 |
| 2014-Q2 | 83.09 |
| 2014-Q1 | 81.90 |
| 2013-Q4 | 81.84 |
| 2013-Q3 | 81.77 |
| 2013-Q2 | 80.63 |
| 2013-Q1 | 80.04 |
| 2012-Q4 | 80.30 |
| 2012-Q3 | 79.99 |
| 2012-Q2 | 79.66 |
| 2012-Q1 | 78.79 |
| 2011-Q4 | 78.77 |
| 2011-Q3 | 78.12 |
| 2011-Q2 | 78.49 |
| 2011-Q1 | 78.39 |
| 2010-Q4 | 78.28 |
| 2010-Q3 | 77.50 |
| 2010-Q2 | 78.28 |
| 2010-Q1 | 78.39 |
| 2009-Q4 | 78.32 |
| 2009-Q3 | 78.55 |
| 2009-Q2 | 77.95 |
| 2009-Q1 | 78.42 |
| 2008-Q4 | 82.21 |
| 2008-Q3 | 83.39 |
| 2008-Q2 | 84.55 |
| 2008-Q1 | 84.29 |
| 2007-Q4 | 84.85 |
| 2007-Q3 | 84.93 |
| 2007-Q2 | 84.88 |
| 2007-Q1 | 85.95 |
| 2006-Q4 | 84.99 |
| 2006-Q3 | 84.61 |
| 2006-Q2 | 84.50 |
| 2006-Q1 | 84.28 |
| 2005-Q4 | 84.13 |
| 2005-Q3 | 83.48 |
| 2005-Q2 | 83.78 |
| 2005-Q1 | 83.19 |
| 2004-Q4 | 82.57 |
| 2004-Q3 | 82.28 |
| 2004-Q2 | 82.07 |
| 2004-Q1 | 82.21 |
| 2003-Q4 | 82.59 |
| 2003-Q3 | 83.93 |
| 2003-Q2 | 83.32 |
| 2003-Q1 | 83.17 |
Source: OECD. All 94 readings held, 2003-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.