What works in Iceland
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Evidence snapshot for Iceland
Iceland has established itself as a global leader in gender equality through multiple legally enforced policies. Iceland's mandatory equal-pay certification standard (ÍST 85) reduced the unadjusted gender pay gap from 14–20% in 2015 to 10.4% by 2024, and the country's 12-month gender-equal parental leave reform achieved 80–90% father uptake with fathers taking an average of 131 days. Iceland has topped the WEF Global Gender Gap Index for 15 consecutive years, though gender-based violence prevalence remains over 40% according to 2023 organisers, indicating that underlying inequalities persist despite legislative progress.
Drawn from: Iceland Equal Pay Certification Standard (ÍST 85) — Mandatory Equal-Pay Law 2018 · Iceland's 12-Month Gender-Equal Parental Leave Reform (2021) · Kvennafrídagurinn — Iceland's Women's Strike for Equal Pay and Recognition of Unpaid Work · Mandatory Equal Pay Certification — Iceland's Jafnlaunastaðall (2018) · Ísland ljóstengt (Iceland Fibre-Connected) · Better Reykjavík — Iceland's AI-Assisted Participatory Governance Platform · Iceland's National & Reykjavík Four-Day Week Trials (2015–2019) · Better Reykjavik — Open Municipal Idea Platform
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +30 pts 78 here · 48 average
Curator validation +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Evaluated outcomes +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Effectiveness +21 pts 88 here · 66 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +20 pts 67 here · 47 average
Sustainability +18 pts 96 here · 78 average
Impact on gender equality +18 pts 88 here · 70 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +17 pts 44 here · 27 average
Equity & inclusion +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Transferability / replicability +14 pts 74 here · 60 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -15 pts 11 here · 26 average
Evaluation evidence -16 pts 33 here · 49 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Iceland. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Iceland Equal Pay Certification Standard (ÍST 85) — Mandatory Equal-Pay Law 2018 · 100
Iceland's 12-Month Gender-Equal Parental Leave Reform (2021) · 96
Kvennafrídagurinn — Iceland's Women's Strike for Equal Pay and Recognition of Unpaid Work · 89
Mandatory Equal Pay Certification — Iceland's Jafnlaunastaðall (2018) · 89
Ísland ljóstengt (Iceland Fibre-Connected) · 88
Better Reykjavík — Iceland's AI-Assisted Participatory Governance Platform · 87
Iceland's National & Reykjavík Four-Day Week Trials (2015–2019) · 86
Better Reykjavik — Open Municipal Idea Platform · 86
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Iceland concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
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- Backed by strong evidence
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
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