International Rankings of Iceland 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Iceland, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Iceland, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	17	40.1	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	121	139241	0
Internet users - percent of population	4	99.01 %	2018
Internet users - total	160	340117	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	36.16	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	129	125567	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	87	119.08	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	172	413446	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	94	10.020 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	87	10.390 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	19	1.5 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	27	69.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	20	79	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	41	90.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	35	86.7	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	112	24.614 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	65	47 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	36	23.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	146	50.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	83	42.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	73	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	102	5.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	119	19.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	39	74.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	63	2.4 %	2017
Labor force	167	200000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	114	4.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	54	22.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	39	73 %	2008
Population below poverty line	138	8.8	2017
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	150	20.187 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	15	55874 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	31	42.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	142	3.228 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2017
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2017
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	74	17.680 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	77	4	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	13	71	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	17	25	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	101	2.772 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	80	18.170 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	119	20850	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	101	2530 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	120	20220 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	138	2.06 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	160	0.59 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	181	5.94 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	146	18.7	2018
Land use - arable land	146	1.2	2018
Land use - forest	179	0.3	2018
Land use - other	17	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	86	17.5	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	47	170.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	168	300000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	85	198.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	140	80.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	128	0.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	9	93.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	93	525000 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	63	293003 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	5	55.8 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	105	100250 sq km	0
Area - total	107	103000 sq km	0
Area - water	22	2.750 million sq km	0
Coastline	28	4970 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	62	557 meters	0
Irrigated land	148	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	146	18.7	2018
Land use - arable land	146	1.2	2018
Land use - forest	179	0.3	2018
Land use - other	17	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	86	17.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	47	170.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	139	12.85 %	2317
Age structure - 25-54 years	119	39.44 %	8095
Age structure - 55-64 years	65	11.94 %	1111
Birth rate	129	13.12 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	27	8.5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	118	6.56 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	35	24.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	104	4.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	90	54 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	118	29.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	7	7.7 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	2020
Hospital bed density	38	3.1 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	207	1.47 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	212	1.85 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	210	1.66 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	10	85.79 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	7	81.21 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	7	83.45 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	111	4	2017
Median age - female	56	37.7 years	2020
Median age - male	47	36.6 years	0
Median age - total	50	37.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	18	28.7	2019
Net migration rate	34	3.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	64	21.9 %	2016
Physicians density	19	4.08 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	172	354234	2021
Population growth rate	88	0.97 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	2	20 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	3	18 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	3	19 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	22	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	89	1.96 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	128	5.6	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	83	11.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	110	8.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	128	0.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	9	93.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	55	96	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	33	26	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	33	89	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	31	60	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	62	163.650 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	51	7.820 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	57	63	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	103	12898 km	2012
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Iceland on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iceland 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.