Trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 in Iceland
Iceland: Trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 was 130.95 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 in Iceland, 2014–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 130.95 Index for trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 in Iceland peaked at 130.95 Index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 92.51 Index, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 92.51 Index | — |
| 2015 | 100 Index | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 106.67 Index | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 109.7 Index | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 112.97 Index | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 114.5 Index | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 112.28 Index | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 122.82 Index | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 122.33 Index | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 122.34 Index | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 125.21 Index | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 130.95 Index | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 106.06 Index | 92.51 Index | 114.5 Index | 6 |
| 2020s | 122.65 Index | 112.28 Index | 130.95 Index | 6 |
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More education data for Iceland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,568 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.22 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 in Iceland?
- Trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 in Iceland was 130.95 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 130.95 Index in 2025.
- What is the lowest trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.51 Index in 2014.
- How does Iceland rank for trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000?
- Iceland ranks 2nd out of 14 countries with data for 2025.
- Is trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains a trend of actual salaries of teachers (including additional work-related payments) since 2000. It covers full-time teachers in public institutions in pre-primary, primary and (lower and upper) secondary general education. The default table displays index of change in actual salaries of teachers in primary education aged 25-64. The selection can be changed to display data by education level, and data in national currency. >Additional details regarding sources for data and the methodology used and specific notes for countries can be found in the accompanying document Sources, Methodologies and Technical Notes. For more information, please consult Education at a Glance. Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026.