Net migration rate in Iceland
Net migration to Iceland came to 8.0 per 1,000 people in 2025.
Iceland, 2025
8.0
Change from 2024
−2.8per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
4.0 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
9th of 43
Net migration rate in Iceland over time
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Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.0 per 1,000 people | 4.6 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 10.8 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | -15.4 per 1,000 people | 6.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 25.7 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 13.2 per 1,000 people | 3.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 6.7 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 13.8 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 18.6 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 24.1 per 1,000 people | 2.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 12.2 per 1,000 people | 1.8 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 4.5 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 3.4 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 5.1 per 1,000 people | 1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | -0.9 per 1,000 people | 1.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | -4.3 per 1,000 people | 1.5 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | -6.5 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | -15.0 per 1,000 people | 1.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 3.3 per 1,000 people | 2.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 16.6 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 17.3 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 13.0 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 2.0 per 1,000 people | 3.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | -0.7 per 1,000 people | 3.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | -1.2 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.8 from 10.8 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.5 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +3.5.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Iceland has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 4.6 per 1,000 people.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Immigration
9,946 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Natural population change
4.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Emigration
5,700 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
638 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
1,660 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
11.9 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division