In 2023, the life expectancy in Iceland was 80.7 years for men and 83.8 years for women. Life expectancy at birth measures how long, on average, people can expect to live based on population age-specific mortality rates.
During the past 30 years, life expectancy in Iceland has increased by six and four years for men and women respectively. However, life expectancy for women decreased by 0.1 years from 2022 to 2023, while it decreased by 0.4 for men.
Infant mortality in Iceland third lowest in Europe
In 2023, 2,571 Icelandic residents died; 1,376 men and 1,195 women. The mortality rate was 6.8 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In 2023, infant mortality in Iceland was 2.3 children out of every 1,000 live births, 0.9 higher than in 2022. On the other hand, looking at ten-year average (2013–2022), infant mortality in Iceland averaged 2.0 children out of every 1,000 live births. Apart from San Marino (1.8) and Finland (1.9), infant mortality was lowest in Iceland followed by Slovenia and Estonia (2.1), Norway (2.2) and Sweden (2.3). The highest infant mortality rate in the period from 2013 to 2022 was in Azerbaijan (10.8).
About life expectancy and mortality rates
The ten years average values for life expectancy and mortality rates are based on Eurostat database. Excluded are data from Andorra, Kosovo, Moldova and Russia, since information is missing for most of the examined period.