Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iceland instead of Monaco, you would:
Health
live 5.9 years less
In Monaco, the average life expectancy is 90 years (86 years for men, 93 years for women) as of 2022. In Iceland, that number is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 42.5% less money
Monaco has a GDP per capita of $115,700 as of 2015, while in Iceland, the GDP per capita is $66,500 as of 2023.
be 78.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Monaco, 2.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2012. In Iceland, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.
Life
have 93.8% more children
In Monaco, there are approximately 6.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Iceland, there are 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 16.3% more likely to have internet access
In Monaco, approximately 86.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Iceland, about 100.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 6.4 times more on education
Monaco spends 1.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Iceland spends 7.7% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 5.6 times more on healthcare
Monaco spends 1.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Iceland, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 1212.2 times more coastline
Monaco has a total of 4 km of coastline. In Iceland, that number is 4,970 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Iceland: At a glance
How big is Iceland compared to Monaco? See an in-depth size comparison.