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	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	122	141816	2020
Internet users - percent of population	2	99 %	2020
Internet users - total	158	362798	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	27	31	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	129	107032	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	123	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	1.5 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	110	24.614 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	61	47 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	31	23.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	143	50.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	80	42.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	71	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	98	5.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	114	19.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	36	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	62	2.4 %	2017
Labor force	163	200000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	107	4.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	51	22.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	37	73 %	2008
Population below poverty line	133	8.8	2017
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	146	19.160 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	14	52300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	29	42.4 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	101	10.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	75	13.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	87	12	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	91	459000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	140	2.879 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	91	142000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	76	136000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	72	17.912 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 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 - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	151	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	2	32.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	26	67.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	66	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	188	N/A Btu/person	2022
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	138	19700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	99	2530 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	119	20220 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	136	2.06 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	156	0.59 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	177	5.94 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	141	18.7	2018
Land use - arable land	139	1.2	2018
Land use - forest	170	0.3	2018
Land use - other	17	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	82	17.5	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	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	2025
Urbanization - urban population	9	94	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	92	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	103	100250 sq km	0
Area - total	105	103000 sq km	0
Area - water	21	2.750 million sq km	0
Coastline	26	4970 km	0
Elevation - highest point	187	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	60	557 meters	0
Irrigated land	151	0.5 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	141	18.7	2018
Land use - arable land	139	1.2	2018
Land use - forest	170	0.3	2018
Land use - other	17	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	82	17.5	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	132	12.85	2317
Age structure - 25-54 years	112	39.44	8095
Age structure - 55-64 years	61	11.94	1111
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	16	4.39 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	71	1.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	44	7.72 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	31	2.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	126	12.96 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	29	8.6 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	107	6.56 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	50	22.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	106	4.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	110	50.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	124	28 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	104	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	10	7.7 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	42	2.8 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	202	1.65 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	10	85.97 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	7	81.41 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	7	83.64 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	110	4 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	54	37.7 years	2020
Median age - male	46	36.6 years	0
Median age - total	47	37.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	23	28.7	2020
Net migration rate	35	2.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	61	21.9 %	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	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	112	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	92	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	2	21 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	2	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	21	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	18	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	23	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	21	0.76 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	47	12 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	129	11.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	89	12 %	2020
Total fertility rate	84	1.95 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	124	0.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	9	94	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	101	10.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	75	13.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	87	12	0
Transportation
Airports	55	96	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	69	7	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	33	26	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	33	89	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	31	60	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	106	41	0
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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	102	12898 km	2012
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iceland 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.