Work & Labour in Iceland 896 indicators covering work & labour for Iceland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment rate of men vs. women 3.9% 2025 down 1.5% 119th Female unemployment rate 3.4% 2025 down 17.3% 143rd Share of male vs. female employment in industry 27.4% 2025 down 0.9% 78th Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 5.2% 2025 down 19.8% 140th Share of male vs. female employment in services 67.4% 2025 up 2.3% 35th Employment rate, men vs. women 76.5% 2025 down 1.1% 27th Employment rate 72.2% 2025 down 1.9% 17th Youth unemployment rate 8.7% 2025 up 1.1% 132nd Population by labor force status 69,768 people 2025 up 4.4% 178th Employee compensation as share of government spending 23.8% 2023 up 8.7% 82nd CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 15.25 2025 up 5.3% 141st LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 24.16 2023 down 11.0% 75th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 11.71 Persons 2022 up 35.4% 145th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 12.53 Persons 2022 up 31.2% 146th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.0% 2020 down 100.0% 169th Female labor force by age 4,980 people 2024 up 58.4% 153rd Labor force participation rate by age 82.2% 2024 up 5.1% 2nd Female labor force participation rate by age 83.3% 2024 up 5.8% 1st Jobs gap 20.14 2023 down 10.4% 65th Jobs gap rate 8.4 2023 down 27.0% 47th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 12.11 2023 down 4.2% 64th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 5 2023 down 23.1% 33rd Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 8.8% 2024 down 8.2% 132nd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.9% 186th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0001 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.3% 177th Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.0743 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.8% 178th Employment by status 86.7% 2024 up 4.0% 35th Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 86.7% 2024 up 4.0% 35th Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 3.99 units per square kilometre 2023 — 19th Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 3.99 units per square kilometre 2023 — 18th Employment 227.24 2025 up 23.7% 138th Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 0.9393 % change on previous year 2025 down 26.8% 43rd Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 0.9393 % change on previous year 2025 down 26.8% 43rd Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 0.9393 % change on previous year 2025 down 26.8% 43rd Cases of fatal occupational injury 5 2024 up 150.0% 99th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 0.2% 2025 down 80.0% 152nd Unemployment with basic education 6.6% 2024 down 5.8% 68th Unemployment with basic education, male 6.0% 2024 down 28.8% 66th Unemployment with intermediate education 2.7% 2024 down 35.8% 117th Unemployment with basic education, female 7.5% 2024 up 40.1% 65th Unemployment with advanced education 2.3% 2024 down 38.4% 111th Unemployment with intermediate education, female 3.1% 2024 down 31.7% 109th SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0 2024 down 100.0% 174th Level of national compliance with labor rights 0 score 2024 down 100.0% 175th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 4.0% 2024 down 30.5% 123rd Unemployment with intermediate education, male 2.5% 2024 down 37.6% 112th Labor force with basic education, female 52.3% 2024 down 21.1% 24th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 3.6% 2024 down 31.7% 123rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 4.3% 2024 down 29.9% 120th Labor force with basic education, male 77.7% 2024 down 2.3% 21st Labor force with basic education 65.6% 2024 down 9.9% 18th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 66.5% 2024 down 17.6% 22nd Labor force with intermediate education, male 77.4% 2024 down 10.4% 42nd Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 73.2% 2024 down 12.8% 23rd Unemployment with advanced education, male 2.9% 2024 up 13.3% 90th Labor force with advanced education, male 89.1% 2024 down 3.5% 15th Labor force with advanced education 86.5% 2024 down 5.0% 10th Labor force with advanced education, female 84.6% 2024 down 5.9% 7th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 68.8% 2025 down 10.0% 15th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 75.6% 2025 down 8.8% 37th ← Previous Page 4 of 15 Next →