Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Cyprus
Cyprus: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.0818 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Cyprus, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 0.0818 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Cyprus peaked at 0.2907 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.0818, in 2023.
That places Cyprus 224th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.2907 | — |
| 1951 | 0.2818 | -3.1% |
| 1952 | 0.2732 | -3.0% |
| 1953 | 0.266 | -2.6% |
| 1954 | 0.2575 | -3.2% |
| 1955 | 0.2543 | -1.3% |
| 1956 | 0.2472 | -2.8% |
| 1957 | 0.2402 | -2.8% |
| 1958 | 0.2334 | -2.8% |
| 1959 | 0.2268 | -2.8% |
| 1960 | 0.2156 | -4.9% |
| 1961 | 0.209 | -3.1% |
| 1962 | 0.2029 | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 0.2341 | +15.4% |
| 1964 | 0.2291 | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 0.1876 | -18.1% |
| 1966 | 0.1831 | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.1788 | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.1746 | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1707 | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1666 | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 0.1633 | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1603 | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.1571 | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.2905 | +84.9% |
| 1975 | 0.1495 | -48.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1462 | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1427 | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 0.1391 | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 0.1359 | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1319 | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1294 | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.1265 | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 0.1243 | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 0.1223 | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1193 | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1177 | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1158 | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 0.1145 | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1127 | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.1113 | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.11 | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1093 | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.1083 | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.1072 | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 0.106 | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.1045 | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.1033 | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.1033 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1007 | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0994 | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0981 | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0964 | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0954 | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0945 | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0935 | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0926 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0915 | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0908 | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0894 | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0884 | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0876 | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0868 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.086 | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0855 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.085 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0846 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0836 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0837 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0834 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.086 | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0902 | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0869 | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0818 | -5.8% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 0.0818 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0966, 85% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 0.0818 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.098, 83% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +84.9% | 0.1571 | 0.2905 |
| 1975 | -48.5% | 0.2905 | 0.1495 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2571 | 0.2268 | 0.2907 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1986 | 0.1707 | 0.2341 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1651 | 0.1359 | 0.2905 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1215 | 0.1127 | 0.1319 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1064 | 0.1007 | 0.1113 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0942 | 0.0894 | 0.0994 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0855 | 0.0834 | 0.0884 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0862 | 0.0818 | 0.0902 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 221 Sweden 0.0823 compare
- 222 Switzerland 0.0821 compare
- 223 Italy 0.0819 compare
- 225 French Polynesia 0.0817 compare
- 226 Liechtenstein 0.0815 compare
- 227 Andorra 0.0809 compare
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 lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Cyprus?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Cyprus was 0.0818 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2907 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0818 in 2023.
- How does Cyprus rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Cyprus ranks 224th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.