Recent immigrants by citizenship in Iceland
Iceland: Recent immigrants by citizenship was 1.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Recent immigrants by citizenship in Iceland, 2011–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage of total population.
Analysis
In 2025, recent immigrants by citizenship in Iceland stood at 1.3%.
That represents a change of up 8.3% on the previous year and up 116.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, recent immigrants by citizenship in Iceland peaked at 1.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2018.
Iceland ranks 9th of 32 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Recent immigrants by citizenship in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Percentage of total population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1.1% | — |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -36.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +28.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -25.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -50.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +200.0% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +22.2% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | -7.7% |
| 2025 | 1.3% | +8.3% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 1.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7%, 1.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 1.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.8%, 1.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Recent immigrants by citizenship in Iceland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +200.0% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More reference data data for Iceland
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0288 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0708 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1854 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1854 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0964 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.062 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2576 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7664 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0005 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is recent immigrants by citizenship in Iceland?
- Recent immigrants by citizenship in Iceland was 1.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest recent immigrants by citizenship recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest recent immigrants by citizenship recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2018.
- How does Iceland rank for recent immigrants by citizenship?
- Iceland ranks 9th out of 32 countries with data for 2025.
- Is recent immigrants by citizenship rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Recent immigrants by citizenship. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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