Work & Labour in Iceland 896 indicators covering work & labour for Iceland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employed persons in sport by sex 5.6 Thousand persons 2025 up 55.6% 35th Employed persons in sport by age 5.6 Thousand persons 2025 up 55.6% 35th Employed persons in sport by educational attainment level 5.6 Thousand persons 2025 up 55.6% 35th Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings 9.9% 2015 down 25.0% 21st Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data 15 Thousand persons 2020 unchanged 27th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 46 Thousand persons 2020 up 21.1% 41st Labour market transitions - annual data 213 Thousand persons 2025 up 27.5% 42nd Persons who cannot afford to get-together with friends or family 2.1% 2020 down 44.7% 40th Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week 5.1% 2020 down 41.4% 42nd Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new 5.8% 2020 down 12.1% 28th Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 47th Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure 4.6% 2020 down 50.0% 44th Transition from unemployment to employment by duration of 31.0% 2025 down 38.0% 6th Job-to-job transitions (annual averages of quarterly transitions) 4.0% 2025 down 20.0% 6th Transition from outside the labour force to employment by labour 9.0% 2025 down 35.7% 1st Employed persons working at atypical working time by European 31.4% 2025 down 15.6% 25th Transition from unemployment to employment by previous work 31.0% 2025 down 38.0% 6th Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation 1.0% 2025 unchanged 12th Disability employment gap by level of activity limitation and sex 10.3% 2020 down 43.4% 40th Transition from unemployment to employment by degree of urbanisation 31.0% 2025 down 38.0% 6th Unemployed persons by type of employment sought - quarterly data 14.9 Thousand persons 2020 up 12.9% 43rd Unemployed persons by previous occupation - quarterly data 14.9 Thousand persons 2020 up 12.9% 43rd Unemployed persons by methods used for seeking work - % of total 58.2% 2020 up 24.4% 20th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 8.3 Thousand 2020 up 50.9% 42nd Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 3.5 Thousand 2020 up 40.0% 42nd Recent immigrants in the labour force by country of birth 100.0% 2025 up 8.9% 1st Employed recent immigrants by country of birth 89.1% 2025 up 11.9% 1st Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by age and NACE Rev. 2 activity 0.7% 2024 down 73.1% 30th Long-term unemployment by sex - quarterly data 1 Thousand persons 2020 down 66.7% 45th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by NACE Rev. 2 activity - structure 10.4% 2024 down 36.6% 20th Unemployed persons by methods used for seeking work - % of total 46.1% 2020 down 11.3% 24th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by type of ownership and NACE Rev. 7.3% 2024 down 28.4% 20th Unemployment by educational attainment level - quarterly data 5 Thousand persons 2020 down 28.6% 43rd Recent immigrants in the labour force by citizenship 100.0% 2025 up 9.5% 1st Accidents at work of employees by sex and age, excluding road traffic 803 Number 2023 down 13.3% 40th Employed recent immigrants by citizenship 87.5% 2025 up 11.7% 3rd Employment by educational attainment level - quarterly data 11 Thousand persons 2020 down 31.2% 26th Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 19th ICLS 2.0% 2020 up 6.5% 38th Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 4 Thousand persons 2020 down 42.9% 45th Employment by educational attainment level - annual data 13 Thousand persons 2020 down 23.5% 26th Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 1 Thousand persons 2020 down 50.0% 45th Accidents at work of employees by sex and severity 1,413 Number 2024 down 16.9% 39th Job vacancy rate by NACE Rev. 2 activity - annual data 5.1 Annual average 2025 up 537.5% 1st Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity - quarterly data 260 2025 — 14th Gender pay gap in unadjusted form by working time and NACE Rev. 2 1.7% 2024 unchanged 23rd Employed persons by actual hours worked in main and second job during 23 Thousand persons 2026 unchanged 37th Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 75.8% 2026 up 0.9% 1st Employed persons by usual weekly hours of work in main and second job 15 Thousand persons 2026 down 25.0% 35th Employed HRST by category, NACE Rev. 1.1 activity and NUTS 1 region 76 Thousand 2008 up 58.0% 39th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 177.1 Thousand persons 2008 up 17.6% 39th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 177.1 Thousand persons 2008 up 17.6% 39th Classroom teachers and academic staff by education level, programme 6,121 Number 2024 up 25.6% 33rd Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 3 Thousand persons 2020 up 50.0% 44th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 2 Thousand persons 2020 down 33.3% 45th Health personnel employed in hospital - historical data 745.43 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2020 up 37.8% 26th Employment in the environmental goods and services sector 4,841 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2023 up 15.5% 37th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 17 Thousand persons 2025 — 27th Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment rates by 84.74 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 up 1.8% 1st Labour force participation rates by migration status, citizenship and 81.5% 2025 — 1st Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational 77.8% 2025 — 1st ← Previous Page 14 of 15 Next →