Chairmen and members of Boards of Directors in Icelandic enterprises were 25.9% women at the end of 2016. The proportion of women in Boards of Directors ranged from 21.3% to 22.3% between 1999 and 2006, increased up to 25.9% in 2015, but now remains unchanged between years.
In 2016, women were 32.3% of boards of directors of enterprises of 50 or more persons employed, compared with 32.7% in 2015. For comparison, women were 12.7% of boards of directors in 2007 and 9.5% in 1999. Recent legislation states that proportions of board members in medium and large enterprises should not be below 40% for either sex. Percentages of men vs. women as board members of smaller enterprises have shown little change over the last few years. Following an increase in the proportion of women as board members in enterprises of 50 or more persons employed over the last few years, which peaked at 33.2% in 2014, that percentage has decreased slightly since then.
Proportion of women as managers of enterprises in 2016 was 22.1%, which continues a slight but steady increase ever since 1999. Proportion of women as chairmen of the board was 23.9% in 2016, compared with 24.1% in 2015.
Data on number of managers, chairmen and members of Board of Directors are presented by sex, by economic activity and by size of enterprises. Since the last update, there has been additional information on the activity of enterprises in 2015. The tables for 2015 have been updated accordingly. Exhaustive dataset is available on the website of Statistics Iceland.