🇮🇸 Iceland
Europe & Central Asia · Capital: Reykjavik
Money7.6 / 10
Safety7.9 / 10
Health8.6 / 10
Quality of life9.3 / 10
Passport8.3 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money7.6 / 10
Purchasing power11622 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$83,43114 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$89,2205 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth1.3 %166 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation4.1 %133 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment3.6 %62 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)26.813 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2019
Central government debt80.1 % GDP50 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Reserves$8B89 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power11426 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety7.9 / 10
Safety (survey)74.514 of 89Numbeo
Crime25.518 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k1.358 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health8.6 / 10
Health care (survey)68.734 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted12533 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy82.8 yr26 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10002.112 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$7,6427 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2024
Health spending9.0 % GDP45 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2024
Physicians per 10004.421 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2023
Hospital beds per 10002.866 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2020
☀Quality of life9.3 / 10
Quality of life1958 of 89Numbeo
Pollution17.14 of 115Numbeo
Purity28.7111 of 115Numbeo
Climate68.869 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time20.72 of 89Numbeo
Internet users98.2 %11 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending7.3 % GDP14 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2022
Urban population94.2 %23 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio7.417 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income6.186 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$15B97 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$16B100 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP82.5 %93 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$-201,702,590185 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism488,000 ppl124 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population392,404176 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth1.5 %71 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.6139 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10012187 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity100 %52 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita8.5 t179 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy82.4 %13 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
▤Passport8.3 / 10
No visa needed in advance159 of 19832 of 199
Visa free115 of 198
Visa on arrival36 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)8 of 198
E-visa21 of 198
Visa required18 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not
How to get the passport
Years of residence7 years7 лет прожить. ( офиц пруф )(1 раз указано 5 лет, везде - 7) 3 года в браке. 5 лет беженство.
- 7 лет прожить. ( офиц пруф )(1 раз указано 5 лет, везде - 7) 3 года в браке. 5 лет беженство.
- Исландский язык.
- 2 человека должны за вас поручиться.
- Двойное гражданство разрешено.
Sources
- офиц пруф · not responding
- Вики вместо пруфов
источник жив · text from the old site, February 2023