Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Iceland
Iceland: Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status was 1.0% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Latest (2020)
1.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
37th
of 37 countries
All-time high
2.7%
in 2005
All-time low
0.7%
in 2018
Years of data
17
2004–2020
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Iceland, 2004–2020
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2020, severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Iceland stood at 1.0%.
The figure is down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Iceland peaked at 2.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2018.
Iceland ranks 37th of 37 countries on this measure, 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 | 1.8% | 0.8% | 2.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.7% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 34 Sweden 1.8% compare
- 35 Luxembourg 1.7% compare
- 36 Switzerland 1.3% 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 severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Iceland?
- Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status in Iceland was 1.0% in 2020, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest severe material deprivation rate by tenure status recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest severe material deprivation rate by tenure status recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2018.
- How does Iceland rank for severe material deprivation rate by tenure status?
- Iceland ranks 37th out of 37 countries with data for 2020.
- Is severe material deprivation rate by tenure status rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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