EEA member
Iceland
~27%
Work in exposed occupations
~60 k · estimate · 2025
5.8%
Unemployment
±0.0 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
11.0%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
2.8%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
85.8%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
0.70
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
226 k
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
IcelandEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Iceland
- 48Not exposed
- 25Minimal
- 5Low
- 11Medium
- 8High
- 3Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+12.8%
Change 2025→2035
88 k
Total expected openings
2025–2035
61 k
Replacement demand
+28 k
Expansion
- Production and specialised services managers+58.9%
- Information and communications technology professionals+58.1%
- Numerical and material recording clerks+46.3%
- Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals+39.3%
- Business and administration professionals+34.0%
- Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport+28.9%
- Drivers and mobile plant operators−4.6%
- Personal service workers−9.3%
- Sales workers−11.4%
- Health associate professionals−15.0%
- Metal, machinery and related trades workers−19.4%
- Food processing, wood working, garment and other craft and related trades workers−31.6%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
No WEF profile for this country.