Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Cyprus
Cyprus: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 29.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Cyprus, 2004–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Cyprus is 29.3%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 13.3% on the previous year and down 41.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Cyprus peaked at 52.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 29.3%, in 2023.
Cyprus ranks 104th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 45.9% | — |
| 2005 | 41.3% | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 34.4% | -16.6% |
| 2007 | 36.1% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 36.8% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 38.3% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 35.9% | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 37.9% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 44.5% | +17.4% |
| 2013 | 50.4% | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 52.8% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 49.3% | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 46.4% | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 42.6% | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 38.4% | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 36.3% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 34.7% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 33.4% | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 33.9% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 29.3% | -13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.8% | 34.4% | 45.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 43.5% | 35.9% | 52.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.8% | 29.3% | 34.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More poverty & inequality data for Cyprus
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Cyprus?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Cyprus was 29.3% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 52.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.3% in 2023.
- How does Cyprus rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Cyprus ranks 104th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.