Unemployment rate: Iceland
3.625% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.625 |
| 2024 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 3.518 |
| 2022 | 3.789 |
| 2021 | 6.029 |
| 2020 | 5.478 |
| 2019 | 3.507 |
| 2018 | 2.704 |
| 2017 | 2.742 |
| 2016 | 2.978 |
| 2015 | 3.979 |
| 2014 | 4.897 |
| 2013 | 5.376 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2011 | 7.028 |
| 2010 | 7.564 |
| 2009 | 7.22 |
| 2008 | 2.946 |
| 2007 | 2.251 |
| 2006 | 2.83 |
| 2005 | 2.547 |
| 2004 | 4.031 |
| 2003 | 3.997 |
| 2002 | 2.988 |
| 2001 | 1.874 |
| 2000 | 1.936 |
| 1999 | 2.178 |
| 1998 | 3.069 |
| 1997 | 3.72 |
| 1996 | 3.6 |
| 1995 | 5.196 |
| 1994 | 5.326 |
| 1993 | 5.257 |
| 1992 | 4.305 |
| 1991 | 2.548 |