Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Cyprus
Cyprus: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 12.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 a day in Cyprus is 12.4%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 15.5% on the previous year and down 58.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Cyprus peaked at 32.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 12.4%, in 2023.
Cyprus ranks 106th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.4% | 15.3% | 24.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 15.7% | 32.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.4% | 12.4% | 16.0% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 28.2% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.252 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.2% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0713 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0713 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0818 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1485 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Cyprus?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Cyprus was 12.4% 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 $30 a day recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 32.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.4% in 2023.
- How does Cyprus rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Cyprus ranks 106th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.4%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.