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Iceland rankings 2026: where Iceland places in 125 global Top 10s

Iceland is #1 in Countries with the highest egg yields per hen, #1 in 6 rankings and inside the top 10 of 30 rankings. Every position, value and source, regenerated as the data refreshes.

How does Iceland compare with the rest of the world? On Top10Earth it is ranked in 125 of 491 live country rankings, each one built from a named public source. This page gathers every position, value and date in one place. Its best position is #1 in Countries with the highest egg yields per hen, where it is measured at 21.74 kilograms per bird (Egg yield per bird) as of 2026-11-02. Iceland holds the #1 spot in 6 rankings and finishes inside the top 10 in 30 rankings.

Where Iceland is number one

Iceland leads the world in 6 rankings. In each case the runner-up and the gap are shown so the lead can be judged, not just the position.

Top 10 finishes

Iceland is inside the top 10 of 24 further rankings beyond the ones it leads. Each entry names the country directly above it, which is the position to beat at the next refresh.

The remaining 12 top-10 positions are in the full list at the end of this guide.

Iceland by theme

The rankings are grouped by category below, so the economic picture, the health picture and the environmental picture can be read separately. Positions are out of the number of countries each source reports, which differs by ranking.

Environment and energy

In environment and energy, Iceland holds 28 positions: #1 of 50 in Countries with the highest electricity use per person (47.5k kWh per person), #1 of 50 in Countries with the highest energy use per person (206.92 MWh), #1 of 50 in Countries with the most renewable freshwater per person (445.0k cubic metres per person) and #2 of 50 in Countries with the highest plug-in hybrid share of car sales (20.67 %). 24 more rankings are listed below.

World and society

In world and society, Iceland holds 26 positions: #2 of 50 in Countries with the highest happiness scores (7.54 score (0-10)), #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of adults with some secondary education (99.65 %), #5 of 41 in Countries with the highest share of births outside marriage (69.4 %) and #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of adults with tertiary education (51.4 %). 22 more rankings are listed below.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing, Iceland holds 24 positions: #1 of 50 in Countries with the most mental health units in general hospitals (4.54 per 100,000 people), #3 of 50 in Countries with the most nurses and midwives per 1,000 people (15.86 per 1,000 people), #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest cocaine-related death rates (0.55 per 100,000 people) and #4 of 50 in Countries with the highest drug-related death rates (8.29 per 100,000 people). 20 more rankings are listed below.

Food and agriculture

In food and agriculture, Iceland holds 18 positions: #1 of 50 in Countries with the highest egg yields per hen (21.74 kilograms per bird), #1 of 50 in Countries with the most fish and seafood consumption per person (83.81 kg per person per year), #2 of 50 in Countries getting the largest share of their calories from animal protein (11.57 %) and #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest tomato yields (340.5 tonnes per hectare). 14 more rankings are listed below.

Finance and crypto

In finance and crypto, Iceland holds 18 positions: #6 of 50 in Countries with the highest income per person (89.2k US$), #9 of 50 in Richest countries by GDP per capita (98.3k US$), #11 of 43 in Countries with the highest government procurement spending (15.49 % of GDP) and #14 of 50 in Richest countries by GDP per person (PPP) (83.4k current international $). 14 more rankings are listed below.

Education and science

In education and science, Iceland holds 7 positions: #13 of 50 in Countries with the most researchers per million people (5,952.52 per million people), #14 of 50 in Countries spending the most on research as a share of GDP (2.64 % of GDP), #15 of 50 in Countries with the highest government spending on education as a share of GDP (7.31 % of GDP) and #20 of 50 in Countries with the highest pre-primary school enrolment (95.97 %). 3 more rankings are listed below.

Consumer tech

In consumer tech, Iceland holds 3 positions: #10 of 50 in Countries with the highest share of people using the internet (98.21 %), #11 of 50 in Countries with the most internet users (share of population) (98.21 % of population) and #34 of 50 in Countries with the most fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people (37.52 per 100 people).

Travel

In travel, Iceland holds 1 position: #41 of 50 in Countries where tourist spending is the largest share of GDP (9.71 % of GDP).

What changed at the latest refresh

Comparing each ranking's newest snapshot with the one before it, Iceland moved in 111 rankings:

Since the first snapshot

Top10Earth keeps every snapshot it publishes. Where a ranking has been captured at least three times, the first recorded position can be compared with today's:

Where Iceland ranks lowest

A guide that only listed wins would be misleading. Iceland's lowest current positions are 50th of 50 in Countries by trade in services (36.81 % of GDP), 50th of 50 in Countries spending the largest share of GDP on health (8.71 % of GDP) and 50th of 50 in Countries with the highest government spending as a share of GDP (32.05 % of GDP). Whether a low position is good or bad depends on the metric: being near the bottom of an emissions or mortality ranking is the better place to be.

Every ranking that includes Iceland

How to read these numbers

Each ranking measures one metric from one named source at one time, so a #3 in one table and a #3 in another are not directly comparable. Countries also report in different years: the capture date is when Top10Earth fetched the data, while the source's own year is stated on each ranking page under methodology. For a side-by-side with another country on the same measures, open any ranking and use the head-to-head links, or visit Iceland's entity page for the live table and rank-history chart.

Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Questions people ask about Iceland

What is Iceland's best ranking on Top10Earth?

#1 in Countries with the highest egg yields per hen, with 21.74 kilograms per bird (Egg yield per bird) as of 2026-11-02.

How many rankings include Iceland?

125 current country rankings out of 491 on the site, including 6 rankings where it is #1.

Is Iceland in the top 10 of anything?

Yes: 30 rankings, including #1 in Countries with the highest egg yields per hen, #1 in Countries with the highest electricity use per person and #1 in Countries with the highest energy use per person.

Where do the numbers come from?

From Our World in Data and World Bank Open Data. Each ranking page names its source, metric definition and capture date.

When was this guide last updated?

The newest snapshot used here was captured on 2026-11-02. The guide is regenerated automatically as rankings refresh.

Live table and history →

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