Poverty & Inequality in Iceland 157 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Iceland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 288 people 2019 down 7.1% 113th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 358,345 people 2019 up 13.1% 116th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 300,615 people 2019 up 29.1% 75th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 6.1% 2019 down 43.0% 117th Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 0.4% 2019 up 18.4% 111th Number of people living in extreme poverty 360,275 people 2019 up 13.2% 120th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 288 people 2019 down 7.1% 113th Number of people living in extreme poverty 288 people 2019 down 7.1% 113th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 0.4% 2019 up 18.4% 111th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 3.2% 2019 up 0.3% 97th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 6.3% 2019 down 9.5% 109th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 12.9% 2019 down 0.7% 104th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 16.6% 2019 down 38.1% 114th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.1% 2019 up 36.0% 109th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 107th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.6% 2019 up 28.1% 109th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 288 people 2019 down 7.1% 113th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 300,615 people 2019 up 29.1% 75th Gini coefficient 0.268 2019 down 6.5% 109th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.1% 2019 down 17.8% 105th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 8.8% 2017 down 12.9% 59th Share of population living below national poverty lines 8.8% 2017 down 12.9% 59th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.1% 2019 down 50.0% 61st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2506 2017 down 16.0% 45th Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.2506 2017 down 16.0% 45th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 342,606 people 2017 up 10.5% 110th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 112th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 9.9% 2017 down 26.4% 117th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 112th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0 people 2017 down 100.0% 112th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.0% 2017 down 86.4% 116th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.0% 2017 down 78.3% 119th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 111th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 35.7% 2019 up 17.6% 17th Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 24.3% 2019 up 8.2% 17th Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 8.8% 2017 down 12.9% 60th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 29.6% 2022 up 19.4% 34th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 13.4% 2022 down 4.3% 32nd Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 29.9% 2022 down 4.8% 8th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 9.84 Number 2020 down 3.3% 3rd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 6.8% 2020 up 51.1% 7th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 11.0% 2020 down 35.3% 38th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 10.4% 2020 up 55.2% 35th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 77.2% 2020 down 5.4% 22nd Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 1.8% 2022 up 260.0% 36th Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 14.0% 2020 down 13.6% 39th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 24.0% 2020 down 14.6% 41st In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 12.9% 2020 down 1.5% 11th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 4.4% 2020 down 48.2% 39th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.043 2024 down 22.0% 2nd At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 4.6% 2022 down 82.2% 33rd Subjective poverty by sex and age 9.4% 2020 down 63.6% 39th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →