Iceland Employment Rate

Current and historical employment rate data for Iceland, including latest value (72.21), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Iceland
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-10 04:01:39
Economy Data Rating
Iceland · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 17.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 13.9 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 10.5 / 15
Structural stability 6.9 / 10
Future capacity 8.9 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.1 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1991–2025 19912025
1991 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

Iceland · employment to population ratio.

1991–2025
72.21 percent
72.45 percent
72.38 percent
4 selected year
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1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
employment rate rate reference line

Countries by employment rate

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Qatar 86.9
Nigeria 79.99
United Arab Emirates 76.89
Iceland 72.21
Kuwait 71.77
Vietnam 71.67
Bahrain 69.65
Peru 69.13

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 58.32
France 51.17
China 61.57

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Population SP.POP.TOTL
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-10 04:01:39

Iceland Snapshot

country profile
Population 386,506
GDP 33.26 bn
Debt/GDP 80.16%
Inflation 5.86%
Unemployment 3.63%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Iceland Employment Rate: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Employment Rate for Iceland. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: iceland employment rate rate, employment rate data iceland, iceland employment rate statistics, iceland percent.