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Iceland

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🌍Population
2024

386,506

176th of 217 countries

💰GDP per Capita
2025

$98,323

5th of 186 countries

❤️Life Expectancy
2024

82.8 yrs

26th of 217 countries

🌫️Emissions per Capita
2024

8.52 t

25th of 203 countries

📉Unemployment
2025

3.6%

121st of 182 countries

🔥Inflation
2025

4.1%

47th of 169 countries

⚖️Inequality
2019

22.4%

69th of 78 countries

🛡️Military Spending
2025

0.0%

148th of 150 countries

🏥Healthcare
2024

$7,642

2nd of 22 countries

🌐Internet Users
2024

98.2%

10th of 182 countries

⚡Electricity Access
2024

100.0%

1st of 215 countries

🎓Human Development
2022

0.959

3rd of 193 countries

🏚️Poverty
2019

0.1%

61st of 78 countries

👶Fertility Rate
2024

1.56

139th of 217 countries

🏙️Urbanization
2024

94.2%

21st of 217 countries

😮‍💨Air Pollution
2023

4.9 µg/m³

188th of 200 countries

🏛️Gov. Debt
2023

80.1%

10th of 40 countries

✈️Tourism
2020

488,000

84th of 132 countries

🍼Child Mortality
2024

2.8 / 1k

178th of 196 countries

🌲Forest Area
2024

0.6%

200th of 209 countries

👴Aging Population
2025

16.0%

64th of 217 countries

🌏Foreign Investment
2025

-2.2%

176th of 184 countries

🚢Trade
2025

82.5%

67th of 138 countries

♻️Renewables
2021

29.6%

20th of 208 countries

🎒Education
2022

7.3%

11th of 164 countries

💸Remittances
2025

0.7%

92nd of 131 countries

📱Mobile
2024

120.9

75th of 151 countries

🍩Obesity
2022

57.4%

89th of 196 countries

🔫Homicide Rate
2023

1.3 / 100k

49th of 83 countries

👩‍⚖️Women in Parliament
2025

46.0%

9th of 184 countries

🏭Total Emissions
2024

4.3 Mt

155th of 203 countries

🔍Corruption
2023

92.0

18th of 205 countries

Data from World Bank Open Data

Global rankings · Iceland

  • ›Iceland records 0.0% in military spending (2025), ranking 148th out of 150 countries — in the bottom 1% globally.
  • ›In 2022, Iceland ranks 3rd out of 193 countries in human development index (0.959) — placing it in the top 2% globally.
  • ›In 2025, Iceland ranks 5th out of 186 countries in gdp per capita ($98,323) — placing it in the top 3% globally.
  • ›Iceland records 0.6% in forest area (2024), ranking 200th out of 209 countries — in the bottom 4% globally.
  • ›Iceland records -2.2% in foreign direct investment (2025), ranking 176th out of 184 countries — in the bottom 4% globally.

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