Portulans Institute

Iceland

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Europe
Population (Total) 372,899
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 66,467

Performance Overview

ISO3

ISL

Country

Iceland

Score

65.70

Rank

24

Technology

56.36

People

56.62

Governance

81.02

Impact

68.80

Pillar: Technology Score: 56.36 Rank: 24
SCORERANK

Access

66.69 61

1. Mobile tariffs

81.24 26

2. Handset prices

79.11 16

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

9.93 108

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

99.99 25

5. International Internet bandwidth

63.17 105

6. Internet access in schools

n/a

Content

56.48 10

1. GitHub commits

66.41 13

2. Internet domain registrations

100.001

3. Mobile apps development

59.02 89

4. AI scientific publications

0.49 115

Future technologies

45.92 33

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

78.69 16

2. Investment in emerging technologies

65.75 24

3. Robot density

9.43 29

4. Computer software spending

29.79 39
Pillar: People Score: 56.62 Rank: 27
SCORERANK

Individuals

46.24 73

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

2.16 99

2. ICT skills in the education system

82.26 11

3. Use of virtual social networks

78.01 22

4. Tertiary enrollment

55.04 19

5. Adult literacy rate

n/a

6. AI talent concentration

13.73 30

Businesses

67.16 20

1. Firms with website

84.42 15

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

47.76 43

3. Knowledge intensive employment

80.54 6

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

71.65 106

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

51.42 12

Governments

56.47 24

1. Government online services

87.48 16

2. Publication and use of open data

41.18 38

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

46.93 46

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

50.30 13
Pillar: Governance Score: 81.02 Rank: 17
SCORERANK

Trust

84.07 12

1. Secure internet servers

89.63 10

2. Cybersecurity

79.45 66

3. Online access to financial account

n/a

4. Internet shopping

83.12 11

Regulation

76.63 34

1. Regulatory quality

84.27 16

2. ICT regulatory environment

87.06 45

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

74.03 23

4. E-commerce legislation

66.67 87

5. Privacy protection by law content

71.14 51

Inclusion

82.35 13

1. E-Participation

79.08 17

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

99.45 4

3. Availability of local online content

79.33 33

4. Gender gap in Internet use

71.55 26

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

n/a
Pillar: Impact Score: 68.80 Rank: 22
SCORERANK

Economy

40.51 29

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

15.97 78

2. High-tech exports

60.50 7

3. PCT patent applications

42.44 18

4. Domestic market size

29.56 128

5. Prevalence of gig economy

62.21 29

6. ICT services exports

32.36 27

Quality of life

93.45 2

1. Happiness

94.79 4

2. Freedom to make life choices

93.39 9

3. Income inequality

92.71 8

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

92.92 9

SDG Contribution

72.44 43

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

95.84 7

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

60.14 30

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

100.001

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

6.21 133

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

100.001

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