Iceland Life Expectancy

Iceland life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 82.81 years. Global.
COUNTRY: Iceland
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:08:47
Economy Data Rating
Iceland · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
78 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 17.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.8 / 20
External stability 13.7 / 15
Financial robustness 10.5 / 15
Structural stability 6.9 / 10
Future capacity 8.9 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.8 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 19602024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Iceland · life expectancy at birth.

1960–2024
82.81 years
82.46 years
82.7 years
17 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
life expectancy rate reference line

Countries by life expectancy

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 85.39
Kuwait 84.58
Switzerland 84.41
Sweden 84.06
Japan 84.04
Italy 83.95
Spain 83.89
South Korea 83.63

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
France 82.98
Germany 80.79
Italy 83.95
China 78.02

Related indicators

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GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.DYN.LE00.IN

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-29 05:08:47

Iceland Snapshot

country profile
Population 386,506
GDP 33.26 bn
Debt/GDP 80.16%
Inflation 4.09%
Unemployment 3.63%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Iceland Life Expectancy: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Life Expectancy for Iceland. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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