Iceland Poverty Headcount
Iceland poverty headcount data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 8.80%.
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Interpretation
Iceland recorded 8.80% for Poverty Headcount in 2017, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2016, the indicator decreased by 1.30 percentage points, from 10.10% to 8.80%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (9.12%).
Across the five latest available observations (2013–2017), the pattern is higher overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 7.90% in 2011 and the high was 10.20% in 2008.