International Rankings of Iceland 2024, 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	126	141816	2020
Internet users - percent of population	1	100.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	172	370000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	27.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	138	93048	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	45	118.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	176	437270	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	93	11.536 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	85	11.776 billion US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	19	1.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	114	409.262 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	96	19.422 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	44	126.99	N/A
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	47.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	36	23.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	148	50.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	85	42.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	74	22.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	102	5.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	120	19.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	43	74.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	120	26 %	2017
Imports	115	10.234 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	76	5.65 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	76	4.44 %	2021
Labor force	177	200300 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	142	9 %	2017
Public debt	24	100.02 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	153	19.962 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	99	4.40 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	23	53600 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	127	1	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	94	7.079 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	64	22.33 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	131	5.40 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	107	13.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	101	13.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	102	13.40 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	96	459000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	143	2.879 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	147	3.337 million	2019
Coal - consumption	96	142000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	79	136000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	74	17.912 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	108	2.967 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	127	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	140	19700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	103	2530 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	122	20220 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	141	2 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	163	1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	187	6 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	150	19	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	88	18	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	10	94	2023
Geography
Area - land	106	100250 sq km	N/A
Area - total	110	103000 sq km	N/A
Area - water	82	2750 sq km	N/A
Coastline	29	4970 km	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	63	557 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	159	1 sq km	2020
Land use - agricultural land	150	19	2018
Land use - arable land	150	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	88	18	2018
Population Density	228	3.60 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	16	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	74	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	46	8 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	33	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	109	12.80 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	26	10 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	141	45 %	2023
Death rate	62	6.60 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	53	22.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	110	4.50 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	117	50.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	134	28.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	11	8 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	75	0.95 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	168	1.40 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	168	1.80 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	171	1.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	8	86 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	7	82 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	7	84 years	2023
Maternal mortality ratio	119	3.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	62	38 years	N/A
Median age - male	54	37 years	N/A
Median age - total	52	38 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	23	29	2020
Net migration rate	35	2.70 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	65	21.90 %	2016
Physicians density	23	4.14 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	177	360872	2023
Population growth rate	87	0.89 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	21	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	23	0.90 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	96	1.95 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	129	0.74	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	10	94	2023
Transportation
Airports	62	83	2024
Heliports	65	1	2024
Merchant marine - total	114	39	2023
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	63.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020

*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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iceland 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iceland 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.