Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate 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	Kristrún Frostadóttir	21 Dec 2024 – now	+2.4 pp Q3 2024 → Q3 2026	+1.2 pp/yr
2	Geir Haarde	15 Jun 2006 – 1 Feb 2009	+2.1 pp Q1 2006 → Q4 2008	+0.8 pp/yr
3	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	1 Feb 2009 – 23 May 2013	+2.0 pp Q4 2008 → Q1 2013	+0.5 pp/yr
4	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	30 Nov 2017 – 9 Apr 2024	+1.8 pp Q3 2017 → Q1 2024	+0.3 pp/yr
5	Halldór Ásgrímsson	15 Sep 2004 – 15 Jun 2006	−2.0 pp Q2 2004 → Q1 2006	−1.1 pp/yr
6	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	23 May 2013 – 7 Apr 2016	−2.9 pp Q1 2013 → Q1 2016	−1.0 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 labour force, 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) · Iceland data · as of Oct 2026.