A total of 8,700 individuals were unemployed in March 2025 according to seasonally adjusted results from the Icelandic Labour Force Survey. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7%, the employment rate was 78.5%, and the activity rate 81.6%.
Seasonally adjusted unemployment decreased by 1.8 percentage points from the previous month. The employment rate increased by 1.9 percentage points, and the labor force participation rate increased slightly, or by half of a percentage point.
The measured unemployment rate in March was 3.6%, the measured avtivity rate was 80.8%, and the employment rate according to the survey was 77.8%.