Number of emigrants from Iceland 2005-2022, by gender

Considering the years from 2005 to 2022, there were constantly more men than women emigrating from Iceland. The biggest difference between the genders was registered in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2008, the number of emigrating men was more than twice the number of emigrating women, with 6,236 and 2,908 people emigrating, respectively. More recently, in 2022, roughly 4,300 men and 3,400 women emigrated from Iceland. The total number of emigrants peaked in 2009, with 10,612 people emigrating from Iceland.