International Rankings of Iceland 2023, 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	126	141816	2020
Internet users - percent of population	1	100 %	2021
Internet users - total	172	370000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	27	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	135	100482	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	45	118	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	174	437270	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	93	11.536 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	85	11.776 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	19	1.5 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	113	409.262 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	95	19.422 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	108	9.775 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	113	24.614 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	67	47 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	36	23.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	148	50.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	85	42.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	74	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	102	5.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	120	19.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	43	74.6 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	120	26.1 %	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	114	10.234 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	76	5.65 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	75	4.44 %	2021
Labor force	177	200300 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	115	4.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	55	22.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	43	73 %	2008
Population below poverty line	142	8.8 %	2017
Public debt	23	100.02 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	153	19.962 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	99	4.4 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	22	53600 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	94	7.079 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	64	22.33 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	131	5.4 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	107	13.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	101	13	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	102	13.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	96	459000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	143	2.879 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	96	142000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	79	136000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	74	17.912 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	108	2.967 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	127	519.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	161	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	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	196	N/A Btu/person	2023
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	140	19700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	103	2530 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	122	20220 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	141	2.06 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	163	0.59 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	184	5.94 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	150	18.7	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1.2	2018
Land use - forest	181	0.3	2018
Land use - other	18	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	88	17.5	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	50	170.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	143	300000 cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	76	200.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	105	80.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	129	0.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	10	94	2023
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	107	100250 sq km	0
Area - total	110	103000 sq km	0
Area - water	22	2.750 million sq km	0
Coastline	28	4970 km	0
Elevation - highest point	219	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	63	557 meters	0
Irrigated land	159	0.5 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	150	18.7	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1.2	2018
Land use - forest	181	0.3	2018
Land use - other	18	81	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	88	17.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	16	4.39 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	74	1.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	46	7.72 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	33	2.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	136	12.8 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	26	9.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	141	45.1 %	2023
Death rate	120	6.57 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	53	22.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	110	4.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	117	50.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	134	28 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	11	7.7 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	74	0.95 %	2023
Hospital bed density	43	2.8 beds/1,000 population	2019
Infant mortality rate - female	220	1.44 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	217	1.82 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	217	1.63 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	10	86.15 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	7	81.61 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	7	83.83 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	119	3 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	59	37.7 years	2020
Median age - male	51	36.6 years	0
Median age - total	52	37.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	23	28.7	2020
Net migration rate	41	2.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	65	21.9 %	2016
Physicians density	23	4.14 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	178	360872	2023
Population growth rate	86	0.89 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	119	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	2	21 years	2020
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	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	50	12 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	132	11.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	94	12 %	2020
Total fertility rate	91	1.95 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	129	0.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	10	94	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	107	13.7	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	101	13	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	102	13.4	0
Transportation
Airports	55	96	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	35	891000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	115	40	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	55	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	113	12898 km	2012
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iceland 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.