Employment Rate in Iceland increased to 79.60 percent in August from 78.80 percent in July of 2018. Employment Rate in Iceland averaged 78.43 percent from 2003 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 84.20 percent in March of 2017 and a record low of 73 percent in November of 2011.

Iceland Employment Rate
width
height
 Preview
Trading Economics members can view, download and compare data from nearly 200 countries, including more than 20 million economic indicators, exchange rates, government bond yields, stock indexes and commodity prices.

The Trading Economics Application Programming Interface (API) provides direct access to our data. It allows API clients to download millions of rows of historical data, to query our real-time economic calendar, subscribe to updates and receive quotes for currencies, commodities, stocks and bonds.

API Features Documentation Interested? Click here to contact us

Iceland Labour Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Unemployment Rate 1.70 2.60 8.90 0.10 percent [+]
Employed Persons 201300.00 198900.00 201300.00 136600.00 [+]
Unemployed Persons 3600.00 5400.00 16200.00 100.00 [+]
Labor Force Participation Rate 81.60 81.70 85.60 77.50 percent [+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate 0.30 0.50 1.70 0.10 percent [+]
Youth Unemployment Rate 6.00 13.50 21.10 3.10 percent [+]
Job Vacancies 159.00 146.00 1912.00 71.00 [+]
Wages 615000.00 555000.00 615000.00 380000.00 ISK/Month [+]
Wage Growth 3.30 3.50 11.60 -9.40 percent [+]
Population 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.17 Million [+]
Retirement Age Women 67.00 67.00 67.00 67.00 [+]
Retirement Age Men 67.00 67.00 67.00 67.00 [+]
Part Time Employment 36.60 44.10 47.50 28.00 Thousand [+]
Full Time Employment 150.00 139.40 150.00 97.00 Thousand [+]
Employment Rate 80.20 79.50 84.20 73.00 percent [+]


Iceland Employment Rate

In Iceland, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Iceland Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Iceland Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
80.20 79.50 84.20 73.00 2003 - 2018 percent Monthly
SA




Country Last
Mexico 96.40 Sep/18
Switzerland 79.90 Jun/18
Netherlands 77.00 Jun/18
United Kingdom 75.50 Aug/18
Germany 75.40 Jun/18
France 65.80 Jun/18
Spain 64.01 Sep/18
Australia 62.20 Sep/18
Canada 61.50 Oct/18
South Korea 61.20 Oct/18
United States 60.60 Oct/18
Japan 60.50 Sep/18
Russia 60.30 Sep/18
Italy 58.80 Sep/18
Brazil 54.40 Sep/18
Turkey 47.60 Aug/18
South Africa 43.10 Sep/18
Argentina 41.90 Jun/18


Related
Latest