Iceland
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Europe |
| Population (Total) | 361,313 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.00% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 24,188 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.03% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 60,061 |
Performance Overview
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Country
Iceland
Score
70.55
Rank
21
Technology
72.76
People
67.49
Governance
73.45
Impact
68.50
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 80.30 | 24 |
| 2. Handset prices | 75.04 | 10 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 97.85 | 5 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 98.20 | 36 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 99.46 | 3 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 82.23 | 5 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
| 1. GitHub commits | 62.66 | 12 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 88.41 | 8 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 89.69 | 11 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 78.69 | 16 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 65.70 | 25 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 44.03 | 24 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 27.50 | 35 |
| 5. Robot density | 6.06 | 39 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 16.42 | 95 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 44.48 | 14 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 35.94 | 15 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 64.73 | 18 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 65.25 | 28 |
| 1. Happiness | 95.13 | 4 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 99.35 | 2 |
| 3. Income inequality | 93.30 | 7 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 89.40 | 10 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 91.80 | 10 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 63.87 | 25 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 73.91 | 70 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 6.50 | 130 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 93.10 | 15 |
| 1. Internet users | 99.34 | 3 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 49.38 | 15 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 82.47 | 8 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 52.31 | 26 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
| 6. ICT skills | 95.31 | 2 |
| 1. Firms with website | 84.83 | 15 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 86.20 | 25 |
| 3. Professionals | 63.78 | 9 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 55.77 | 31 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 83.67 | 18 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 35.17 | 15 |
| 1. Government online services | 78.79 | 42 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 38.87 | 37 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 47.15 | 45 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 69.07 | 13 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 89.11 | 9 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 47.78 | 87 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Internet shopping | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 82.64 | 19 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 86.88 | 51 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 64.65 | 24 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 75.00 | 77 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
| 1. E-Participation | 76.54 | 50 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | n/a | n/a |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 79.20 | 32 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 68.13 | 13 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | n/a | n/a |