Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Cyprus
Cyprus: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 2.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Cyprus, 2004–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Cyprus stood at 2.5%.
That represents a change of down 9.8% on the previous year and down 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Cyprus peaked at 5.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2008.
Cyprus ranks 108th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3.1% | — |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -19.2% |
| 2006 | 2.4% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | +23.7% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | +24.2% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 5.1% | +42.6% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | -27.9% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | +32.9% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -25.4% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | -19.4% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | -9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.9% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Cyprus?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Cyprus was 2.5% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 5.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2008.
- How does Cyprus rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Cyprus ranks 108th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.