Severe material and social deprivation in Iceland
0.8% of people in Iceland were severely materially and socially deprived in 2020.
The latest value for Iceland is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Iceland, 2020
0.8%
Change from 2019
+0.3percentage points
European Union, 2020
6.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
4.0%
Severe material and social deprivation in Iceland over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 6.3% |
| 2024 | – | 6.4% |
| 2023 | – | 6.8% |
| 2022 | – | 6.7% |
| 2021 | – | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | 6.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | 7.8% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | 9.0% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | 9.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 0.5% in 2019.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.4%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2020 was 6.7%.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Poverty or social exclusion rate
11.7%
2020 · Eurostat
Inability to keep home adequately warm
1.0%
2020 · Eurostat
At-risk-of-poverty rate
8.8%
2020 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
24.0 (0 to 100)
2020 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
3.41 times
2020 · Eurostat
Gini index
26.8 (0 to 100)
2019 · World Bank