Employment rate, 16 to 74 during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the employment rate, 16 to 74 changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	23 May 2013 – 7 Apr 2016	+5.3 pp Q1 2013 → Q1 2016	+1.8 pp/yr
2	Halldór Ásgrímsson	15 Sep 2004 – 15 Jun 2006	−0.6 pp Q2 2004 → Q1 2006	−0.3 pp/yr
3	Geir Haarde	15 Jun 2006 – 1 Feb 2009	−1.4 pp Q1 2006 → Q4 2008	−0.5 pp/yr
4	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	30 Nov 2017 – 9 Apr 2024	−1.9 pp Q3 2017 → Q1 2024	−0.3 pp/yr
5	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	1 Feb 2009 – 23 May 2013	−4.3 pp Q4 2008 → Q1 2013	−1.0 pp/yr
6	Kristrún Frostadóttir	21 Dec 2024 – now	−5.9 pp Q3 2024 → Q3 2026	−3.0 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of the population aged 16 to 74 · Statistics Iceland, Labour Force Survey, persons aged 16 to 74, not seasonally adjusted: quarterly from 2003 (VIN00910), the April and November surveys of 1991-2002 before (VIN01003); for 1991-2002 the activity rate times one minus the unemployment rate · Iceland data · as of Oct 2026.