Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iceland instead of Luxembourg, you would:
Economy
be 17.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Luxembourg, 4.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Iceland, that number is 3.8% as of 2022.
be 49.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Luxembourg, 17.4% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Iceland, however, that number is 8.8% as of 2017.
make 52.8% less money
Luxembourg has a GDP per capita of $117,700 as of 2022, while in Iceland, the GDP per capita is $55,600 as of 2022.
Life
be 50.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Luxembourg, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Iceland, 3.0 women do as of 2020.
be 49.2% less likely to die during infancy
In Luxembourg, approximately 3.2 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Iceland, on the other hand, 1.6 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 54.0% more on education
Luxembourg spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Iceland spends 7.7% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 65.5% more on healthcare
Luxembourg spends 5.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Iceland, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Iceland: At a glance
How big is Iceland compared to Luxembourg? See an in-depth size comparison.