Gender in Iceland 248 indicators covering gender for Iceland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 69.14 2030 up 0.7% 178th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.228 % change on previous year 2030 down 126.5% 76th Population 345.21 2030 up 15.9% 175th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 345.21 2030 up 15.9% 175th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.7736 % change on previous year 2030 down 57.5% 125th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 2,155 2025 up 4.1% 178th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 2,290 2025 up 5.5% 178th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 2,184 2025 up 0.8% 178th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 2,324 2025 up 6.2% 178th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 2,211 2025 down 0.5% 178th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 2,349 2025 up 4.7% 178th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 2,353 2025 up 6.5% 178th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 2,500 2025 up 7.6% 178th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 2,373 2025 up 3.7% 178th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 2,582 2025 up 7.5% 178th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 2,297 2025 down 3.0% 178th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 2,477 2025 down 1.0% 178th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 25.51 2027 up 10.4% 171st Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.883 2025 down 3.9% 35th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.939 2025 down 0.2% 10th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.733 2025 down 12.6% 90th Women's Political Participation Index 1 2025 up 0.1% 1st Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.883 2025 down 3.9% 35th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.883 2025 down 3.9% 35th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -0.8979 % change on previous year 2025 down 726.0% 105th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.883 2025 down 3.9% 35th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 1 2025 — 1st Prevalence of obesity, female 21.0% 2024 up 13.1% 123rd Prevalence of obesity, male 23.3% 2024 up 15.3% 73rd Life expectancy at age 60, female 25.95 years 2024 down 0.4% 39th Life expectancy at age 60, male 19.73 years 2024 down 16.5% 78th Share of women who are obese 21.0% 2024 up 13.1% 126th Share of women who are overweight or obese 50.6% 2024 up 6.1% 116th Share of overweight men vs. women 66.3% 2024 up 3.1% 49th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 93.9% 2024 up 1.6% 22nd Share of women who are married or in a union 0.3% 2023 down 75.3% 213th Population, per capita 1.05 units per person 2024 up 4.7% 3rd Population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.8% 180th Population, annual growth rate 2.86 % change on previous year 2024 up 155.9% 21st Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.9% 59th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 425.84 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 4.8% 1st Women, Business and the Law Index 100 index (0–100) 2023 up 3.2% 1st Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 1st Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 12.0% 129th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 3.9 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% 183rd Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 4.9% 42nd Labor force, female 110,599 2025 up 15.2% 169th Labor force, female, per capita 0.2818 units per person 2025 down 2.9% 6th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 0.9973 index 2025 up 0.1% 150th Page 1 of 5 Next →