Iceland's hdi rose from 0.9 in 1994 to 1.0 in 2023.
Iceland · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 14 with data
Iceland's life satisfaction rose from 6.9 in 2011 to 7.5 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.4 yrs26th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthup +0.0 yrs4th of 185
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- Gini indexup +0.8 %7th of 78*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)up +1.1 %13th of 200
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- Homicide rateup +22.7 %35th of 83
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- Safe drinking waterunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Internet usersup +0.3 pts10th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs10th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.0 pts65th of 185
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- Housing cost overburden rateup +0.5 pts30th of 35*
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts9th of 184