| Iceland | | |
Degree of interest in politics (5 steps) | 3.23 (2016) [6/24countries] | | |
% of those interested in politics (4 choices) | 50.3% (2014) [14/26countries] | | |
% of those who think that their political position is left | 12.2% (2014) [18/26countries] | | |
% of those who think that their political position is center | 42.3% (2014) [18/26countries] | | |
% of those who think that their political position is right | 17.8% (2014) [15/26countries] | | |
Average of political position | 5.17 (2014) [17/26countries] | | |
% of those who often or sometimes discuss political matters with friends, relatives or fellow workers | 62.5% (2014) [5/26countries] | | |
% of young people (-29) who often or sometimes discuss political matters with friends, relatives or fellow workers | 43.2% (2014) [14/26countries] | | |
% of those who read the political content of a newspaper every day | 33.8% (2014) [6/18countries] | | |
% of those who never read the political content of a newspaper | 10.3% (2014) [17/18countries] | | |
% of those who use the media to obtain political news or information every day | 69.9% (2014) [16/26countries] | | |
% of those who never use the media to obtain political news or information | 3.8% (2014) [14/26countries] | | |
% of those who watch political news on television every day | 41.0% (2014) [13/18countries] | | |
% of those who never watch political news on television | 6.6% (2014) [13/18countries] | | |
% of those who listen to political news on the radio every day | 34.4% (2014) [3/18countries] | | |
% of those who never listen to political news on the radio | 12.1% (2014) [18/18countries] | | |
% of those who use the Internet to obtain political news or information every day | 40.2% (2014) [2/17countries] | | |
% of those who never use the Internet to obtain political news or information | 16.1% (2014) [17/17countries] | | |
% of those who have expressed political views on the internet | 19.4% (2014) [3/26countries] | | |
% of those who often or sometimes try to persuade your friends, relatives or fellow workers to share their political opinion | 39.5% (2014) [8/26countries] | | |
% of those who think that others are better informed about politics and government | 8.4% (2014) [26/26countries] | | |
% of those who think that they understand political issues of the country | 64.9% (2016) [3/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that ordinary citizens have no political voice | 32.3% (2017) [17/21countries] | | |
% of those who think that citizens in general has the most influence on the actions of the government | 6.6% (2016) [18/25countries] | | |
% of those who do not think that the government cares much what people like them think | 45.6% (2014) [21/26countries] | | |
Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, to keep watch on the actions of government | 5.65 (2014) [9/26countries] | | |
Extent to which people think that it is important, in order to be a good citizen, to try to understand the reasoning of people with other opinions | 5.84 (2014) [5/26countries] | | |