Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Iceland
Iceland: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 0.6% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Iceland, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 0.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in 2019.
The figure is down 20.3% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Iceland peaked at 0.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2017.
Iceland ranks 109th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Iceland?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Iceland was 0.6% in 2019, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2017.
- How does Iceland rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Iceland ranks 109th out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.