Iceland, year by year

Every index this site holds for Iceland, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.834 → 0.959 (+0.125)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth81.5 → 82.8 (+1.3)

Internet users90 → 98 (+9)

Urban population92 → 94 (+2)

Births per woman2.05 → 1.56 (-0.49)

Renewable share of energy62 → 82 (+21)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality2 → 2 (-0)

CO2 emissions per person10.5 → 8.5 (-2)

Forest area0 → 1 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.834	78.0	—	—	2.30	55	100	5	9.2	0.2	—	—
1991	0.845	78.0	1	91	2.18	55	100	5	8.9	0.2	—	—
1992	0.852	78.8	2	91	2.21	55	100	5	8.8	0.2	—	—
1993	0.853	78.9	3	91	2.22	55	100	5	9.1	0.2	—	—
1994	0.860	79.3	7	91	2.14	54	100	4	9.5	0.2	—	—
1995	0.857	78.0	11	92	2.08	56	100	4	9.1	0.2	—	—
1996	0.864	78.8	15	92	2.12	52	100	4	10.1	0.3	—	—
1997	0.874	78.9	28	92	2.04	55	100	4	9.7	0.3	—	—
1998	0.885	79.6	36	92	2.05	57	100	4	9.9	0.3	—	—
1999	0.886	79.3	41	92	1.99	60	100	3	9.9	0.3	—	—
2000	0.895	79.7	44	92	2.08	61	100	3	10.1	0.3	—	—
2001	0.902	80.7	49	92	1.95	62	100	3	10.4	0.3	—	—
2002	0.909	80.5	79	92	1.93	62	100	3	10.9	0.3	—	—
2003	0.916	81.0	83	92	1.99	62	100	3	10.7	0.3	—	—
2004	0.920	81.0	84	92	2.04	62	100	3	10.9	0.4	—	—
2005	0.926	81.5	87	92	2.05	63	100	2	10.5	0.4	—	—
2006	0.928	81.2	90	92	2.08	64	100	2	10.7	0.4	58172	40161
2007	0.933	81.5	91	92	2.09	68	100	2	11.2	0.4	70483	42060
2008	0.927	81.6	91	93	2.15	74	100	2	11.9	0.4	57489	44147
2009	0.925	81.8	93	93	2.23	75	100	2	12.0	0.4	41484	42070
2010	0.927	81.9	93	93	2.20	76	100	2	11.8	0.5	43776	40260
2011	0.933	82.4	95	93	2.02	77	100	2	11.3	0.5	48255	41400
2012	0.938	82.9	96	94	2.04	78	100	2	11.4	0.5	46595	42552
2013	0.942	82.1	97	94	1.93	77	100	2	11.5	0.5	50173	44738
2014	0.946	82.9	98	94	1.93	78	100	2	10.6	0.5	55140	46472
2015	0.948	82.5	98	94	1.80	78	100	2	11.0	0.5	53506	49716
2016	0.951	82.2	98	94	1.74	81	100	2	9.5	0.5	62854	54228
2017	0.955	82.7	98	94	1.71	81	100	2	9.7	0.5	72976	56385
2018	0.958	82.9	99	94	1.71	81	100	2	9.3	0.5	75634	58106
2019	0.958	83.2	100	94	1.74	82	100	2	8.8	0.5	69296	61270
2020	0.955	83.1	100	94	1.72	83	100	2	8.4	0.5	60128	56841
2021	0.957	83.2	100	94	1.82	82	100	2	8.5	0.5	70425	62721
2022	0.959	82.1	98	94	1.59	—	100	2	8.5	0.5	76377	76592
2023	—	82.5	98	94	1.55	—	100	2	8.3	0.5	82201	82257
2024	—	82.8	98	94	1.56	—	100	2	8.5	—	85863	83561
2025	—	—	—	94	—	—	—	—	—	—	98323	83431
Profile shows	0.959	82.8	98	94	1.56	82	—	—	8.5	0.5	98323	83431

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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