Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cyprus
Cyprus: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3335 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cyprus, 1990–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 0.3335 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2022.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cyprus peaked at 0.4444 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.313, in 2021.
That places Cyprus 94th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.4444 | — |
| 1996 | 0.42 | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3628 | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3567 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3646 | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4078 | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 0.3639 | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3737 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3473 | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3916 | +12.8% |
| 2012 | 0.394 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3993 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3875 | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3479 | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3535 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3348 | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 0.3161 | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.313 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3335 | +6.5% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 0.3335 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3617, 92% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 0.3335 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3666, 91% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4322 | 0.42 | 0.4444 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3716 | 0.3567 | 0.4078 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3695 | 0.3348 | 0.3993 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.3209 | 0.313 | 0.3335 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More poverty & inequality data for Cyprus
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,440 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -29.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 28.15 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 28.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cyprus?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Cyprus was 0.3335 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4444 in 1990.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.313 in 2021.
- How does Cyprus rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Cyprus ranks 94th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.