In Iceland Construction law and Building regulations state that all housing shall have access to basic services such as drinking water service, sanitation service, hygience facilites, electricity, clean fuels and internet. Icelandic law also ensures access for all inhabitants to healthcare, mobility and education.

Therefore, all inhabitants that live in some kind of housholds have access to basic services. However, the homeless population may not have access to all these basic services. According to the 2021 census 0.3% of the icelandic population were either primary or secondary homeless.

Thus, 99.7% of the population live in households with access to basic services.

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Headline data

Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
Year Value
2011 99.8
2021 99.7

Source: Statistics Iceland

Geographical Area: Ísland

Unit of Measurement: Percentage (%)

Footnote:

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Iceland statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Icelandic statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Icelandic-specific metadata information.

Indicator available

Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services
Geographical coverage

Ísland
Unit of measurement

Percentage (%)
Comments and limitations

Data follows the UN specification for this indicator. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts.

Source 1

Organisation

Statistics Iceland
Earliest available data

2011
Geographical coverage

Iceland
Link to data source Census, Primary and secondary homelessness 2011 and 2021 opens in a new window
Statistical classification

Official
Contact details

sdg@statice.is

Source 2

Organisation

Statistics Iceland
Earliest available data

1703
Geographical coverage

Iceland
Link to data source Population - key figures 1703-2024 opens in a new window
Statistical classification

Official
Contact details

sdg@statice.is
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