Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iceland
Iceland: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 6.14 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Latest (2019)
6.14
Change on year
down 16.7%
World rank
117th
of 120 countries
All-time high
14.7
in 2011
All-time low
4.52
in 2017
Years of data
17
2003–2019
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iceland, 2003–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2019, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iceland stood at 6.14.
That represents a change of down 16.7% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iceland peaked at 14.7 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4.52, in 2017.
That places Iceland 117th out of 120 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.47 | 7.03 | 13.73 | 7 |
| 2010s | 9.65 | 4.52 | 14.7 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 114 Austria 7.03 compare
- 115 Switzerland 6.76 compare
- 116 Denmark 6.2 compare
- 118 Netherlands 5.65 compare
- 119 Luxembourg 4.55 compare
- 120 Norway 3.77 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 in Iceland?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Iceland was 6.14 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 14.7 in 2011.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.52 in 2017.
- How does Iceland rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Iceland ranks 117th out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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