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2024
global knowledge index
Iceland
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):26.155
- Population:387,558
- HDI:0.959
15/141
Gki
Score
63.8
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Iceland is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 15th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 15th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training
- Fixed-broadband upload and download speeds
- Transport productive capacity
- Youth not in employment, education or training (%)
- Healthy life expectancy (years)
Areas of Improvement
- Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
- Building quality control
- Product concentration
- Tertiary graduates from STEM programmes (%)
- Share of students enrolled in post-secondary vocational programmes
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
47
72.87
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
18
62.66
Higher
Education
13
60.49
Research, Development
and Innovation
29
40.86
Information and
Communications Technology
6
73.56
Economy
26
65.59
Enabling
Environment
1
88.41
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GKI Pillars
