International Rankings of Iceland 2022, 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	11	42.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	122	141816	2020
Internet users - percent of population	2	99.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	157	362798	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	27	31.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	129	107032	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	123.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	169	421384	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	92	10.020 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	85	10.390 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	16	1.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	46	1.496 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	92	19.422 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	110	7.430 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	110	24.614 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	61	47.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	31	23.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	143	50.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	80	42.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	71	22.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	98	5.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	114	19.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	36	74.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	120	27 %	2015
Imports	117	7.550 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	62	2.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	55	3.00 %	2019
Labor force	163	200000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	107	5 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	51	22 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	37	73 %	2008
Population below poverty line	133	9 %	2017
Public debt	107	40.00 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	147	19.160 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	83	1.94 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	23	52300 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	87	6.567 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	29	42.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	122	3.62 %	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	101	10.70	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	75	13.20	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	87	12.00	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	91	459000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	140	2.879 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	143	3.337 million	2019
Coal - consumption	91	142000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	76	136000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	72	17.912 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	106	2.967 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	124	519.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	2	32.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	26	67.60 %	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	138	19700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	99	2530 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	119	20220 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	136	2 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	156	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	177	6 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	141	19	2018
Land use - arable land	139	1	2018
Land use - other	17	81	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	82	18	2018
Total renewable water resources	46	170.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	164	300000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	83	198.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	137	80.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.74	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	9	94	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	92	525000.00 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	63	293003 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	5	55.80 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	103	100250 sq km	N/A
Area - total	105	103000 sq km	N/A
Area - water	78	2750 sq km	N/A
Coastline	26	4970 km	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	60	557 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	151	1 sq km	2020
Land use - agricultural land	141	19	2018
Land use - arable land	139	1	2018
Land use - other	17	81	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	82	18	2018
Population Density	204	3.57 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	132	12.85	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	112	39.44	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	61	11.94	1111
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	16	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	71	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	44	8 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	31	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	126	12.96 births/1,000 population	2022
Current health expenditure	29	9 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	107	6.56 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	50	22.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	106	4.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	110	50.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	124	28.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	10	8 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	42	2.80 beds/1,000 population	2019
Infant mortality rate - female	202	1.46 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	204	1.83 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	202	1.65 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	10	86 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	7	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	7	84 years	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	110	4.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	54	38 years	2020
Median age - male	46	37 years	N/A
Median age - total	47	37 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	23	29	2020
Net migration rate	35	2.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	61	21.90 %	2016
Physicians density	23	4.14 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	168	357603	2022
Population growth rate	81	0.93 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	2	21 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	2	18 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	3	19 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.02	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.98	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.76 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	47	12 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	129	12 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	89	12 %	2020
Total fertility rate	84	1.95 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.74	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	9	94	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	101	10.70	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	75	13.20	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	87	12.00	N/A
Transportation
Airports	55	96	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	69	7	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	33	26	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	33	89	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	31	60	2021
Merchant marine - total	106	41	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	53	163.650 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	50	7.820 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	56	63.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Roadways - total	102	12898 km	2012

*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.

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