Iceland vs Norway: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Iceland

4.5%

in 2025

Norway

4.5%

in 2025

Iceland rank

112th

Norway rank

112th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Iceland
Norway

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 4.5% against 4.5% in Norway, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Norway ahead.

Iceland ranks 112th and Norway ranks 112th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Iceland
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Norway
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.