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Iceland: Employment by economic activity and occupation

227.24Persons, thousands · 2025+23.7% since 2015

ILOSTAT EMP_TEMP_ECO_OCU_NB. Employment by economic activity and occupation (Persons, thousands). Annual figures for Iceland from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (Persons, thousands)Note
2025227.237
2024229.526
2023220.303
2022210.392
2021197.001
2020194.535
2019201.016
2018198.339
2017193.879
2016190.477
2015183.649
2014177.615
2013173.234
2012167.897
2011165.982
2010165.76
2009166.235
2008177.056
2007175.527
2006167.848
2005159.857
2004156.378
2003157.479
2002156.418
2001158.057
2000156.581

Source

Published by ILO, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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ILO (2026). Employment by economic activity and occupation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ilo-emp-temp-eco-ocu-nb-eco-aggregate-total-ocu-skill-total-ps-3 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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