| Iceland | | |
Number of police personnels (per 100,000 population) | 178.2 (2021) [35/38countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is successful in crime control | 28.5% (2016) [14/15countries] | | |
% of those who would like to see more government spending in the police and law enforcement | 79.8% (2016) [1/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that crime is the most important issue for their country | 0.5% (2020) [19/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that maintaining national order is the most important aim of the country out of maintaining national order/ giving people more say/ fighting rising prices/ protecting freedom of speech | 21.4% (2020) [16/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that terrorism is the most important issue for their country | 0.0% (2020) [18/20countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to detain suspected terrorists for as long as they want without putting them on trial | 33.4% (2016) [25/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations | 72.2% (2016) [12/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to stop and search people in the street at random to prevent terrorism | 50.8% (2016) [18/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should keep people under video surveillance in public areas | 88.6% (2016) [2/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should monitor e-mails and any other information exchanged on the Internet | 15.1% (2016) [25/25countries] | | |
Degree of giving priority to public security over disclosure of government information | 6.38 (2016) [7/25countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in their country | 28.7% (2016) [20/24countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in other countries | 17.9% (2016) [24/24countries] | | |