Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP in Iceland
Iceland: Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP was 0.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP in Iceland, 2007–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 0.2% for initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 8.8% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp in Iceland peaked at 0.2% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2022.
That places Iceland 55th out of 61 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.2% | — |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More education data for Iceland
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,661 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6,167 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 37,056 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 32,314 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0838 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp in Iceland?
- Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp in Iceland was 0.2% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2014.
- What is the lowest initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2022.
- How does Iceland rank for initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp?
- Iceland ranks 55th out of 61 countries with data for 2022.
- Is initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of gdp rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Initial household funding per primary student as a percentage of GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release