Countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

1.0

Countries: Iceland
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Iceland - no associated activities criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes, clients are criminalised in Iceland. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - organising and managing criminalised.

Countries: Iceland
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

"Likewise, countries including Bangladesh, Botswana, Finland, Iceland, North Macedonia, and Uganda engaged survivors in national anti-trafficking planning efforts within the past two years" (17). According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Iceland ranks as a Tier 1 country (85). The report stated that while the government meets the minimum standards, it did not prosecute or convict any traffickers and continued to charge suspected traffickers under non-trafficking statutes, such as smuggling, that carried more lenient penalties and were easier to convict. The government also reported incarcerating a potential trafficking victim for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked. The extremely low rate of prosecutions and convictions...more

Countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

0

Countries: Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

0

Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

0

Countries: Iceland
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Iceland is 71.2% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Iceland
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Iceland is 85 years for women and 82 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

0

Countries: Iceland
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"In their union of matrimony, the spouses shall be equal in every respect, and shall carry the same obligations towards each other and their children. They shall be faithful to each other, support each other, and together guard the interests of their home and family. Spouses shall bring up their children jointly, care jointly for their needs, and aid each other in providing for the family by financial contributions, domestic work, and by other means" (1). "Each married person shall have control of his or her assets and be responsible for his or her liabilities as further provided for by law" (2). "The property of spouses can be either matrimonial...more

Countries: Iceland
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"Each of the spouses, or his or her estate at death, shall have a claim to one half of the net matrimonial property of the other, provided other statute provisions do not lead to a different arrangement. The principle of division into equal halves and the provisions concerning distribution of separate property can be subject to exception if a settlement of assets and liabilities would otherwise be manifestly unreasonable for either spouse. This shall apply, in particular, when considering the financial situation of the spouses and the duration of their marriage, or if one spouse has, at the time of marriage, contributed significantly more than the other to their joint...more

Countries: Iceland
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"'A reverence for women is inherent in our culture,' said Eirný Sigurdardóttir, a Reykjavik cheese shop owner and local food advocate. 'The attitude is "You can do anything. You are equal.”' In fact, I soon saw, the women of Iceland do everything. Traveling with a troupe of eight from Reykjavik to Flúðir, I met woman after woman who’d boldly started a successful food business, from whiskey distiller to tomato farmer. Each one exuded a striking calm, a confidence in herself and her work that I was drawn to as a female business owner myself, knowing all too well that nagging question of enoughness. There’s no shortage of risk in their...more

Countries: Iceland
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1

"There is no indication that harmful practices exist against widows (arts. 31 and 32)" (2). Based upon this, it is unlikely that women face discrimination in matters regarding inheritance (JLR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Iceland
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"The legal framework of the Inheritance Act (No. 8 of 1962) provides daughters with the same rights as sons to inherit land and non-land assets (arts. 1-3). Female surviving spouses are afforded the same rights as male surviving spouses to inherit land (arts. 1-3). Surviving spouses receive one third of the estate and children receive two thirds equally (art. 2). If there are no surviving descendants of the deceased person, the spouse inherits the entire estate (art. 3)" (3).

Countries: Iceland
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Inheritance Law, Arts. 1-3.