People in work during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how people in work 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	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	30 Nov 2017 – 9 Apr 2024	+12.1% Oct 2017 → Mar 2024	+1.8%/yr
2	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	23 May 2013 – 7 Apr 2016	+8.2% Apr 2013 → Mar 2016	+2.7%/yr
3	Geir Haarde	15 Jun 2006 – 1 Feb 2009	+7.2% May 2006 → Jan 2009	+2.6%/yr
4	Halldór Ásgrímsson	15 Sep 2004 – 15 Jun 2006	+6.3% Aug 2004 → May 2006	+3.5%/yr
5	Kristrún Frostadóttir	21 Dec 2024 – now	+0.9% Nov 2024 → Sep 2026	+0.5%/yr
6	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	1 Feb 2009 – 23 May 2013	−6.2% Jan 2009 → Apr 2013	−1.5%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month 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 %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. thousands, register-based, average of the last twelve months · Statistics Iceland, register-based employment (VIN10001): people with paid work in the month by the tax authorities' withholding records, residents and non-residents, averaged over the trailing twelve months (the count swings with the summer season), from 2003 · Iceland data · as of Oct 2026.