Fewer than 1 in 5 use public transport

Latest figures show that just 17.8% of Iceland’s population regularly use public transport.

Students and school-children are most likely to use public transport, with 32.5% saying they do so regularly. Other categories with higher than average levels of public-transport use are young people (age 16-24), the unemployed, expatriates, and single parents.

There also appears to be some correlation between public-transport use and economic status. Of the lowest 10% of earners in Iceland, 30.5% use public transport regularly, while for the highest 10% of earners the corresponding figure is just 12.3%.