Cyprus
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 1.4M (2025). World rank 155 of 216; in Europe, 36 of 48. Area: 9,251 km². World rank 170 of 249; in Europe, 39 of 52. Life expectancy: 81.8 years (2024). World rank 40 of 216 (1 = best); in Europe, 25 of 48. From 2015 to 2025: population 1.2M → 1.4M, GDP $19.9B → $41.2B, and GDP per person $23,088 → $41,783.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Cyprus
- Local name
- Κύπρος
- Capital
- Nicosia
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Nicos Christodoulides
- Head of government
- Nicos Christodoulides
- Independence
- August 16, 1960
- Women in parliament
- 14.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 1,370,754 2025
- Area
- 9,251 km²
- GDP
- $41.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $41,783 2025
- Life expectancy
- 81.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Greek, Turkish
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +357
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 199, 1400
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 648
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 13.6% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Olympus, 1,951 m
- Lowest point
- Mediterranean Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 91
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 20
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 30°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 498 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 148.2 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 66.7% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +7.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 14.9% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 16.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 14.9% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 83.8 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 79.8 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 10.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Orthodox 89.1%, Catholic 2.9%, Protestant 2%, Muslim 1.8%, and other 1.4% (2011)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 70.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 58.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 69.4 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 70.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 74.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $64,575 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $36,110 2025
- Inflation
- +0.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 65 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.1% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 11.2% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 76.9% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 12.7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 61.2% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 97.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 91.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -6.3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +27.1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 23.9% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 31.8 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 98.7% 2011
- Primary school enrolment
- 105% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 107% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 121% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.7% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 8.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $2,899 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 17.9% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.6 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 3.9 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.2 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 4.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 14 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 53.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 32.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.5% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.8 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 5.8 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 73.3 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 16.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 5.4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 6.9 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 18.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 11.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 586 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 30.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 89.6% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 156 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 37.6 2024
- Internet domain
- .cy
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,071 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 15.6% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 15.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 76.3% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 724,062 2023
- Airports
- 14 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 1,686 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 1,764 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 3 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 17.9% 2024