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Iceland — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Iceland, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
74.93%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +3.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Iceland was 74.93% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 77.86% in 2000. The lowest was 72.68% in 1990 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.09% per year.
Iceland ranks 17 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 9%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Iceland sits above it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
74.93%
First (1990)
72.68%
Change
+3.1%
Highest
77.86%
in 2000
Lowest
72.68%
in 1990
Average
75.26%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.09%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.93% |
| 2024 | 75.15% |
| 2023 | 74.75% |
| 2022 | 74.47% |
| 2021 | 73.41% |
| 2020 | 73.56% |
| 2019 | 75.7% |
| 2018 | 75.98% |
| 2017 | 76.89% |
| 2016 | 77.42% |
| 2015 | 76.68% |
| 2014 | 75.97% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.