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Iceland

Iceland is not a member of the European Union.

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  • Not in the EU
  • Schengen
  • EFTA

Relationship with the EU

  1. 25 March 2001Full Schengen membership

Data

GDP per capita in purchasing power standards128

Eurostat, 2025. Scale 0 to 260.

Milestones

  1. 19 November 1946Admitted to the United Nations. un.org
  2. 4 April 1949Signs the North Atlantic Treaty as a founding member of NATO. nato.int
  3. 7 March 1950Joins the Council of Europe. archive.org
  4. 1 January 1994The European Economic Area (EEA) agreement enters into force. europa.eu
  5. July 2009Applies for EU membership; negotiations start a year later. eeas.europa.eu
  6. March 2015Government notifies that Iceland should not be regarded as an EU candidate country. eeas.europa.eu

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