Work & Labour in Iceland 896 indicators covering work & labour for Iceland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Temporary employees by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 22.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.3% 41st Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 227.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 23.7% 44th Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by professional 37.5 Hour 2025 down 5.3% 26th Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 34.7 Hour 2025 down 10.3% 35th Average actual weekly hours worked in the second job of persons who 12.1 Hour 2025 down 17.7% 25th Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 227.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 23.7% 44th Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 227.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 23.7% 44th Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 227.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 23.7% 44th Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 198.5 Thousand persons 2025 up 23.3% 44th Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by job 86.3 Month 2025 down 10.6% 44th Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 227.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 23.7% 44th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 125 Thousand persons 2025 up 39.5% 44th Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 125 Thousand persons 2025 up 39.5% 44th Participation rate of employees in education and training (last 4) 61.3% 2025 down 1.1% 5th Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev.) 177.1 Thousand persons 2008 up 17.6% 39th Employed persons in knowledge-intensive activities by NACE Rev. 2 93.4 Thousand persons 2025 up 25.9% 44th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 177.1 Thousand persons 2008 up 17.6% 39th Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by age 7.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 24.2% 43rd Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by educational 7.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 24.2% 43rd Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by citizenship 7.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 24.2% 43rd Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by country of birth 7.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 24.2% 43rd Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 3.8% 2025 down 17.4% 5th Labour market transitions - quarterly data 209 Thousand persons 2026 up 13.6% 43rd Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th 9.1% 2024 down 18.3% 42nd Hospital employment 5,620 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2020 up 19.1% 26th Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 38 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.8% 39th Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 11 Thousand persons 2025 up 37.5% 42nd Employment and labour force by sex and age - quarterly data 25 Thousand persons 2020 down 10.7% 46th Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 1 Thousand persons 2025 unchanged 43rd Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 2 Thousand persons 2025 unchanged 43rd Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 7 Thousand persons 2025 down 30.0% 41st Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 7 Thousand persons 2025 down 30.0% 41st Unemployed persons by type of employment sought 11.3 Thousand persons 2020 down 16.9% 44th Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 4 Thousand persons 2025 unchanged 41st Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts by sex 57.8% 2020 up 70.5% 6th Use of computers and the internet by employees by NACE Rev. 2 activity 100.0% 2020 up 1.2% 1st Unemployment by sex and age - quarterly data 15 Thousand persons 2020 up 15.4% 44th Labour market slack by sex and age - quarterly data 15 Thousand persons 2020 up 15.4% 44th Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 29 Thousand persons 2020 down 3.3% 41st Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 11 Thousand persons 2020 down 21.4% 45th Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 11 Thousand persons 2020 down 21.4% 45th Employed persons by detailed occupation 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - country weights 1.8 2018 up 80.0% 41st Employed persons by European socio-economic group and sex 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and age 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and educational 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and NACE Rev. 2 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Employees by European socio-economic group and employment contract 197.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and working time 225.7 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.9% 44th Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity, occupation and NUTS 2 260 2025 — 14th Cultural employment by sex 10.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 15.7% 44th Cultural employment by age 10.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 15.7% 44th Cultural employment by educational attainment level 10.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 15.7% 44th Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 10.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 15.7% 44th Cultural employment by sex and selected labour market characteristics 77.4% 2025 up 2.1% 35th Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors 77.4% 2025 up 2.1% 35th ← Previous Page 13 of 15 Next →