Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Iceland
Iceland: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 39 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Iceland, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 39 for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 77.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Iceland peaked at 39 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6, in 2012.
Iceland ranks 138th of 266 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | — |
| 2013 | 10 | +66.7% |
| 2014 | 18 | +80.0% |
| 2015 | 22 | +22.2% |
| 2016 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 23 | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 28 | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 33 | +17.9% |
| 2023 | 38 | +15.2% |
| 2024 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 39 | +2.6% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 39 is below the median for high income countries, which is 48, 81% of the median. (82 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 39 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 166, 23% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Iceland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +80.0% | 10 | 18 |
| 2013 | +66.7% | 6 | 10 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.25 | 6 | 23 | 8 |
| 2020s | 33.17 | 23 | 39 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More infrastructure data for Iceland
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 475,724 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 120.93 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 68,518 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 17.42 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1773 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -16.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 68,518 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.23 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Iceland?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Iceland was 39 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 39 in 2025.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2012.
- How does Iceland rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Iceland ranks 138th out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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