Gender in Cyprus

106 indicators covering gender for Cyprus.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 6,922 2025 up 4.3% 160th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 7,363 2025 up 4.2% 160th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 7,131 2025 up 8.7% 160th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 7,581 2025 up 8.7% 160th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 7,281 2025 up 9.3% 161st
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 7,738 2025 up 9.3% 161st
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 7,394 2025 up 10.2% 161st
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 7,855 2025 up 10.2% 161st
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 7,389 2025 up 12.9% 161st
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 7,848 2025 up 12.6% 161st
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 7,276 2025 up 13.6% 161st
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 7,724 2025 up 13.0% 161st
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.856 2025 up 2.6% 49th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.863 2025 down 3.0% 38th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.801 2025 up 6.5% 65th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.93 2025 up 6.9% 89th
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.856 2025 up 2.6% 49th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.856 2025 up 2.6% 49th
Prevalence of obesity, female 19.8% 2024 down 1.0% 126th
Prevalence of obesity, male 23.1% 2024 down 0.4% 76th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 25.23 years 2024 up 0.1% 50th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 16.31 years 2024 down 24.1% 162nd
Share of women who are obese 19.8% 2024 down 1.0% 129th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 46.5% 2024 down 1.3% 134th
Share of overweight men vs. women 60.8% 2024 down 3.1% 80th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 93.9% 2024 up 0.2% 21st
Share of women who are married or in a union 1.5% 2011 down 29.2% 188th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 229.04 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 12.9% 62nd
Women, Business and the Law Index 96.88 index (0–100) 2023 up 9.2% 21st
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Labor force, female 350,968 2025 up 16.6% 149th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 0.9991 index 2025 up 0.0% 142nd
Lower secondary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.03 index 2025 up 0.9% 69th
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index 1.06 index 2025 down 0.3% 86th
Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union 52.1% 2050 up 5.3% 161st
Human Development Index vs. mean male height 0.913 2023 up 4.6% 32nd
Gross national income (GNI) per capita, males vs. females 51,361 international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 up 15.3% 39th
Share of the population that is female 49.6% 2025 up 0.3% 161st
Gender Development Index 0.996 2023 up 2.2% 38th
Gender Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.996 2023 up 2.2% 38th
Gender Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.996 2023 up 2.2% 38th
Human Development Index: males vs. females 0.9146 2023 up 3.6% 34th
Mean body mass index (BMI) in women 26 2016 unchanged 104th
Access to justice for women 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Gender of the chief executive 0 2025 18th
Gender of the head of government 0 2025 20th
Gender of the head of state 0 2025 18th
Share of women in parliament 14.7% 2025 up 17.6% 143rd
Share of women of reproductive age who have anemia 16.4% 2023 up 30.2% 161st
Share of women of reproductive age who have anemia vs. GDP per capita 16.4% 2023 up 30.2% 163rd
Anemia: share of pregnant women vs. share of children 17.0% 2023 down 4.0% 163rd
Sex ratio at birth 106.44 males per 100 females 2023 up 0.1% 36th