Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Iceland's youth unemployment rate stands at 8.67% as of 2025-12-31, down from 8.78% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Iceland's youth unemployment rate was 8.67%, down from 8.78% in 2024.
In 2024, Iceland's youth unemployment rate was 8.78%, up from 8.49% in 2023.
In 2023, Iceland's youth unemployment rate was 8.49%, up from 8.42% in 2022.
In 2022, Iceland's youth unemployment rate was 8.42%, down from 11.83% in 2021.
In 2021, Iceland's youth unemployment rate was 11.83%, up from 9.87% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.67% | -0.109% |
| 2024 | 8.78% | +0.292% |
| 2023 | 8.49% | +0.067% |
| 2022 | 8.42% | -3.41% |
| 2021 | 11.83% | +1.96% |
| 2020 | 9.87% | +1.42% |
| 2019 | 8.45% | +2.55% |
| 2018 | 5.9% | -1.64% |
| 2017 | 7.54% | +1.23% |
| 2016 | 6.32% | -2.26% |
| 2015 | 8.58% | -0.988% |
| 2014 | 9.57% | -0.849% |
| 2013 | 10.42% | -2.79% |
| 2012 | 13.2% | -0.95% |
| 2011 | 14.15% | -1.71% |
| 2010 | 15.86% | +0.402% |
| 2009 | 15.46% | +7.59% |
| 2008 | 7.87% | +1.18% |
| 2007 | 6.69% | -1.24% |
| 2006 | 7.92% | +0.87% |
| 2005 | 7.05% | -4.44% |
| 2004 | 11.49% | -0.325% |
| 2003 | 11.82% | +5.66% |
| 2002 | 6.16% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 4.86% | +0.614% |
| 2000 | 4.25% | +0.06% |
| 1999 | 4.19% | -2.59% |
| 1998 | 6.78% | -1.06% |
| 1997 | 7.84% | -0.49% |
| 1996 | 8.33% | -3.37% |
| 1995 | 11.7% | +0.24% |
| 1994 | 11.46% | +1.56% |
| 1993 | 9.89% | +0.113% |
| 1992 | 9.78% | +4.93% |
| 1991 | 4.85% | — |
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Iceland's youth unemployment rate is 8.67% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 8.78% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 15.86% (2010); the lowest is 4.19% (1999), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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