Social Development in Iceland 165 indicators covering social development for Iceland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 5 2025 unchanged 192nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 down 15.7% 168th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 54.1% 181st Political Rights Score 38 2025 down 5.0% 19th Freedom Score 95 2025 down 5.0% 17th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 660 2025 up 315.1% 106th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0017 units per person 2025 up 249.9% 33rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 90.4% 91st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 40th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -38.95 % change on previous year 2025 down 60.4% 135th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.905 2025 down 2.3% 21st Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.989 2025 unchanged 1st Political Corruption Index 0.014 2025 up 16.7% 171st Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.014 2025 up 16.7% 171st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.96 2024 up 2.6% 24th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% 190th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0283 units per square kilometre 2023 up 961.3% 68th LGBT+ Rights Index 5.92 2019 up 92.7% 39th Forcibly displaced people 9,119 2025 up 2,671.7% 126th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 108 years 2025 up 10.2% 3rd Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 77 2024 down 2.5% 10th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.71 2024 down 1.7% 68th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 7.58 2024 up 6.0% 47th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.8897 2024 down 23.0% 62nd Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.7581 2024 down 63.1% 200th Self-reported life satisfaction 7.54 2025 up 0.5% 2nd Happiness vs. life satisfaction 7.54 2025 up 0.5% 2nd Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 53.5% 2024 down 3.3% 50th Homicide rate 1.29 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 317.9% 122nd Homicides 5 homicides 2023 up 400.0% 155th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 1.29 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 317.9% 122nd Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 1.29 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 317.9% 121st Age of electoral democracy 122 years 2025 up 8.9% 4th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 2.89 2020 up 18.0% 1st Homicides 4 deaths 2022 up 300.0% 107th Child homicide rate 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 — 95th Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.3441 2020 up 43.5% 43rd Homicide rate 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 246.7% 63rd Homicide rate by age of the victim 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 246.7% 63rd Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 3.95 deaths 2021 up 79.5% 181st Homicide rate 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 55.1% 158th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.07 2021 up 54.6% 153rd Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 23,000 2030 down 30.3% 157th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 8.38 2030 up 5.6% 53rd Age of full democracy 80 years 2025 up 14.3% 1st Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 6.8% 2030 down 39.8% 148th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →