🇮🇸 Iceland Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇮🇸 Iceland IS / ISL #106

Nomad Score 54.0

Cities 12

Region European Free Trade Association, Nordic Countries, Arctic Circle, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Nomad Visa Countries, Islands, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency ISK

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 77/100

Press Freedom (2025) 81.4/100 #17

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.807

HDI 0.972

Regional Blocs EFTA

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 95th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 97th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 92th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 93th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 87th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 94th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 2.0/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Iceland	Halla Tómasdóttir
Prime Minister of Iceland	Kristrún Frostadóttir

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 77 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 81.4 / 100

Global Rank #17 / 180

Rank Change +1 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #15 82.2

Economic #21 65.7

Legal #25 81.1

Social #16 82.9

Safety #7 94.8

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.807

Liberal 0.720

Participatory 0.565

Deliberative 0.703

Egalitarian 0.728

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	81.4	17	82.2	65.7	81.1	82.9	94.8
2024	80.1	18	79.9	65.1	79.1	83.3	93.2
2023	83.2	18	86.0	68.4	82.4	87.0	92.2
2022	82.7	15	86.2	65.6	82.7	87.5	91.5
2021	84.6	16	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	84.9	15	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	85.3	14	-	-	-	-	40.4
2018	85.9	13	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	87.0	10	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	84.7	19	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	86.1	21	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	91.5	8	-	-	-	-	-
2013	91.5	9	-	-	-	-	-
2012	-7.0	6	-	-	-	-	-
2010	0.0	2	-	-	-	-	-
2009	2.0	9	-	-	-	-	-
2008	1.5	1	-	-	-	-	-
2007	0.8	1	-	-	-	-	-
2006	0.5	3	-	-	-	-	-
2005	0.5	1	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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