Extreme poverty rate in Iceland
0.1% of people in Iceland lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2019.
The latest value for Iceland is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Iceland, 2019
0.1%
Change from 2018
−0.2percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
0.3%
Extreme poverty rate in Iceland over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | – |
| 2018 | 0.3% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 0.3% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 0.1%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
8.8%
2017 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
2024 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
8.8%
2020 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
11.7%
2020 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
24.0 (0 to 100)
2020 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
3.41 times
2020 · Eurostat