Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Iceland
Iceland: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 9.9 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Iceland, 2003–2017
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2017, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Iceland stood at 9.9. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.1% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Iceland peaked at 26.12 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 9.9, in 2017.
Iceland ranks 117th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.31 | 13.45 | 24.08 | 7 |
| 2010s | 19.33 | 9.9 | 26.12 | 8 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 114 Denmark 11.34 compare
- 115 Netherlands 10.79 compare
- 116 Switzerland 10.75 compare
- 118 Luxembourg 7.59 compare
- 119 Norway 7.05 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Iceland
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 4 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.54 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,430 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 35.57 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.024 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 24.83 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0701 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0701 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.0858 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1068 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Iceland?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Iceland was 9.9 in 2017, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 26.12 in 2011.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9 in 2017.
- How does Iceland rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Iceland ranks 117th out of 119 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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