Iceland Employment Rate 2003-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Employment Rate in Iceland decreased to 80.10 percent in January from 80.20 percent in December of 2017. Employment Rate in Iceland averaged 78.41 percent from 2003 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 83.50 percent in March of 2017 and a record low of 73 percent in May of 2009.

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Iceland Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	2.40	3.40	9.20	0.10	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	201200.00	198100.00	201200.00	136600.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	8300.00	6700.00	16800.00	100.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	83.40	82.90	85.00	78.70	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.50	0.60	1.70	0.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	4.10	10.80	21.70	2.80	percent	[+]
Job Vacancies	193.00	102.00	1912.00	71.00		[+]
Wages	615000.00	555000.00	615000.00	380000.00	ISK/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	4.80	4.80	11.60	-9.40	percent	[+]
Population	0.34	0.33	0.34	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	45.10	39.00	47.50	28.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	138.10	145.20	148.30	97.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	80.10	80.20	83.50	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 April of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	80.10	80.20	83.50	73.00	2003 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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Mexico	96.79	Feb/18	96.61	97.23	93.58	%	Monthly
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Germany	76.00	Dec/17	75.6	76	63.6	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	75.40	Jan/18	75.3	75.4	65.6	%	Monthly
France	65.70	Dec/17	65.1	65.7	63.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	62.57	Dec/17	62.8	67.18	54.91	%	Quarterly
Australia	61.90	Mar/18	62	62.9	54	%	Monthly
Canada	61.70	Mar/18	61.7	63.7	56	%	Monthly
United States	60.40	Mar/18	60.4	64.7	55	%	Monthly
South Korea	60.20	Dec/17	61.2	61.5	56.1	%	Monthly
Japan	59.30	Feb/18	59.1	63.5	55.9	%	Monthly
Russia	59.30	Feb/18	59.3	66.6	59.3	%	Monthly
Italy	58.00	Feb/18	58	58.9	55.3	%	Monthly
Brazil	53.90	Feb/18	54.2	57.3	53.1	%	Monthly
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