Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Iceland

0.4% of people in Iceland lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2019.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 2003 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Iceland is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Iceland, 2019 0.4% % of population
Change from 2018 −0.2percentage points 2018: 0.6%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate Not the same period as Iceland (2019).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019 0.9% Middle value of 33 countries

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Iceland over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period IcelandWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2019 0.4% –
2018 0.6% 50.4%
2017 0.1% 51.5%
2016 0.2% 52.4%
2015 0.2% 53.5%
2014 0.2% 54.7%
2013 0.2% 55.8%
2012 0.4% 57.5%
2011 0.8% 58.8%
2010 0.6% 60.2%
2009 0.3% 61.7%
2008 0.2% 62.5%
2007 0.3% 63.6%
2006 0.5% 65.0%
2005 0.2% 66.2%
2004 0.4% 67.4%
2003 0.4% 68.7%
2002 – 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 0.6% in 2018.
  • Since 2009, when it was 0.3%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2019 for Iceland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform