Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate2024
Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 33 states:
All persons who, on the date of an election, are 18 years of age or older and have Icelandic nationality have the right to vote in elections to Althingi…
Article 18 states:
Anyone who is eligible for election, of sound mind and body, and younger than 65 years of age is obliged to serve if elected to a municipal council. No person's name may, however, be placed on a list of candidates without his/her written permission.