Subjective poverty by tenure status in Iceland
Iceland: Subjective poverty by tenure status was 9.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Latest (2020)
9.5%
Change on year
down 24.0%
World rank
31st
of 36 countries
All-time high
25.8%
in 2010
All-time low
9.5%
in 2020
Years of data
11
2010–2020
Subjective poverty by tenure status in Iceland, 2010–2020
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2020, subjective poverty by tenure status in Iceland stood at 9.5%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 24.0% on the previous year and down 63.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subjective poverty by tenure status in Iceland peaked at 25.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2020.
Iceland ranks 31st of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.9% | 11.2% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.5% | 9.5% | 9.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More poverty & inequality data for Iceland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 4 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.54 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,430 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.6% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.024 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 24.8% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0701 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0701 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0858 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1068 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subjective poverty by tenure status in Iceland?
- Subjective poverty by tenure status in Iceland was 9.5% in 2020, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 25.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest subjective poverty by tenure status recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2020.
- How does Iceland rank for subjective poverty by tenure status?
- Iceland ranks 31st out of 36 countries with data for 2020.
- Is subjective poverty by tenure status rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.2%. 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 Subjective poverty by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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