Agriculture & Rural in Iceland

31 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Iceland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% 2025 down 28.0% 126th
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% 2025 down 23.5% 102nd
Rural population 5.8% 2025 down 7.8% 193rd
Rural population growth 0.9% 2025 up 233.9% 57th
Rural population 22,689 2025 up 9.3% 188th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% 2025 down 32.1% 123rd
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.41 billion current US$ 2025 up 48.0% 129th
Land under cereal production 3,160 hectares 2023 up 117.2% 155th
Cereal yield 2,430 kg per hectare 2023 down 23.7% 107th
Cereal production 7,679 metric tons 2023 up 65.6% 157th
Fertilizer consumption 97.29 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 down 42.4% 87th
Land area 100,830 sq. km 2023 up 0.6% 105th
Agricultural land 16,380 sq. km 2023 down 12.5% 127th
Agricultural land 16.2% 2023 down 13.0% 163rd
Arable land 121,000 hectares 2023 down 0.2% 144th
Arable land 1.2% 2023 down 0.7% 181st
Arable land 0.3137 hectares per person 2023 down 16.2% 30th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 1.7% 2025 down 1.9% 143rd
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 5.2% 2025 down 19.8% 140th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 3.6% 2025 down 14.9% 142nd
Average precipitation in depth 1,940 mm per year 2022 unchanged 37th
Crop production index 117.58 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 27.7% 55th
Food production index 102.07 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 8.9% 123rd
Livestock production index 101.26 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 7.6% 130th
Forest area 0.5% 2023 up 13.3% 200th
Forest area 533.13 sq. km 2023 up 14.0% 164th
Fertilizer consumption 20,896.6% 2001 up 11,726.9% 2nd
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 0.1% 2022 up 5.7% 177th
Surface area 103,000 sq. km 2023 unchanged 108th
Access to electricity, rural 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Agricultural irrigated land 0.0% 2023 up 14.3% 84th