In April 2026, there were 13,500 unemployed individuals aged 16 to 74 according to seasonally adjusted results from Icelandic Labour force survey. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.8%, the employment rate 75.4%, and the activity rate 80%. Seasonally adjusted unemployment decreased by 0.5 percentage points between March and April, the employment rate remained unchaged, and the activity rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points.
According to the unadjusted measurements, unemployment was 6.6% in April 2026. The number of unemployed individuals was around 15,300. The employment rate was 74.2%, corresponding to just under 217,200 people, and the activity rate was 79.4%, or about 232,500 individuals in the labour force. Compared with the same month in 2025, measured unemployment increased by 2.6 percentage points, the employment rate fell by 3.3 percentage points, and the activity rate decreased by 1.3 percentage points.