Poverty & Inequality in Iceland 157 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Iceland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Subjective poverty by tenure status 9.5% 2020 down 63.2% 39th Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 down 33.3% 1st Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 62.3% 2022 up 28.4% 6th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 11.7% 2020 down 14.6% 45th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 2.0% 2020 down 66.1% 47th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 2.0% 2020 down 66.1% 47th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 16.8% 2020 up 18.3% 38th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 0.3% 2020 down 70.0% 43rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 43 Thousand persons 2020 up 7.5% 45th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2468 2019 down 7.3% 37th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.2476 2019 down 7.0% 36th Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 364 Thousand persons 2020 up 15.2% 43rd Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 7.7 Average 2020 unchanged 42nd Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 0.6% 2021 up 20.0% 43rd Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 2.6% 2021 up 23.8% 41st Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 2.6% 2021 up 23.8% 41st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 41 Thousand persons 2020 up 2.5% 43rd Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 0.7% 2020 up 40.0% 43rd Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 1.7% 2020 down 46.9% 40th Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 0.4% 2020 down 50.0% 40th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 0.4% 2021 down 71.4% 43rd Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 3 Thousand persons 2020 down 25.0% 41st Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 11.7% 2020 down 14.6% 42nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 43 Thousand persons 2020 up 7.5% 41st Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 97.8% 2020 up 2.1% 1st Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 1.4% 2020 down 70.2% 28th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 4 Thousand persons 2020 down 20.0% 46th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% 62nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2% 2020 up 4.2% 31st Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 1.0% 2020 down 44.4% 46th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 11.5% 2020 down 16.1% 46th Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 0 Thousand persons 2020 — 15th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU 7 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 up 16.7% 18th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 11.0% 2018 down 19.7% 40th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 11.3% 2018 down 19.3% 36th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 10.8% 2018 down 20.0% 35th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 13.1% 2018 down 22.5% 33rd ← Previous Page 3 of 3