People reporting good or very good health in Iceland
72.0% of people aged 16 or over in Iceland rated their health as good or very good in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2008.
The latest value for Iceland is for 2021. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Iceland, 2021
72.0%
Change from 2020
−2.7percentage points
European Union, 2021
69.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021
69.6%
People reporting good or very good health in Iceland over time
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% of people aged 16 or over. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 67.9% |
| 2024 | – | 68.4% |
| 2023 | – | 67.8% |
| 2022 | – | 67.7% |
| 2021 | 72.0% | 69.0% |
| 2020 | 74.7% | 68.8% |
| 2019 | 75.0% | 68.6% |
| 2018 | 76.6% | 68.5%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 77.3% | 68.9%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 76.1% | 67.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 76.3% | 66.7%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 76.1% | 67.2%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 76.6% | 66.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 76.8% | 67.3%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 77.6% | 66.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 77.8% | 66.7%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 80.3% | – |
| 2008 | 80.5% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 74.7% in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 77.6%, the figure has changed by −5.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2021 was 69.0%.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Life expectancy at birth
82.8 years
2024 · Eurostat
Average life satisfaction
8.1 out of 10
2018 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
1.4 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Hospital beds
257 per 100,000 people
2023 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
466d (Definition differs) per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
9.2%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat