Poverty & Inequality in Cyprus 148 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Cyprus. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 28.8% 11th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 61.4% 27th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.39 live births per woman 2023 up 6.5% 195th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,440 kg per hectare 2024 up 394.7% 147th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 205.3% 99th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -29.08 % change on previous year 2024 up 64.9% 180th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 28.15 2023 — 46th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 28.2% 2023 — 46th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 — 67th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year 2004 down 71.0% 99th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.252 2023 up 18.9% 107th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.2% 2023 up 23.8% 70th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0713 2023 down 2.6% 223rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0713 2023 down 2.6% 223rd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0818 2023 down 4.9% 224th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 113th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 — 103rd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 121st Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 66.7% 122nd Prosperity gap 0.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 25.0% 115th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1485 2023 down 15.1% 152nd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 112th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 8.7% 2023 down 13.9% 113th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 122nd Population living in slums 0.3% 2022 up 8.9% 142nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.841 2023 up 8.8% 22nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.841 2023 up 8.8% 22nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.841 2023 up 8.8% 22nd Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 122nd Three metrics of inequality 44.91 2022 down 10.1% 98th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4491 2022 down 10.1% 98th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 520.23 2023 down 36.5% 37th Income share held by second 20% 12.7% 2023 up 11.4% 40th Income share held by third 20% 16.5% 2023 up 9.3% 54th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.7% 2023 up 4.8% 83rd Income share held by highest 20% 40.6% 2023 down 10.0% 76th Income share held by highest 10% 26.3% 2023 down 14.9% 63rd Income share held by lowest 10% 3.6% 2023 up 16.1% 20th Income share held by lowest 20% 8.6% 2023 up 11.7% 25th Gini index 31.8 2023 down 14.1% 85th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 7.5% 2023 down 5.1% 104th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 104,217 international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 82.0% 114th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2023 down 84.2% 110th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 14.9% 2025 down 8.0% 28th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3335 2022 down 15.4% 94th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 21.7% 2025 down 14.6% 35th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3335 2022 down 15.4% 94th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 7.6% 2025 down 66.7% 29th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 26,445 2017 up 1.1% 36th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 17.1% 2025 down 25.0% 31st Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 2.2% 2025 down 72.2% 36th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 33.2% 2022 down 12.1% 100th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 8.5% 2022 down 30.1% 108th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 8.7% 2020 down 22.3% 8th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 22.1% 2020 down 10.2% 20th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 36.1% 2023 up 2.1% 27th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2023 down 86.4% 113th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3184 2023 down 14.0% 81st Page 1 of 3 Next →