Cyprus

Country at a glance

Cyprus is a mediterranean island member of the European Union, with its capital in Nicosia. The country joined the European Communities in 2004 in the largest single enlargement to date — the ten central-and-eastern European, Mediterranean accession. Economically, Cyprus is a small island economy specialised in services — finance, tourism and shipping — outside the Schengen area. The country has used the euro since 2008, and it remains outside the Schengen common travel area. The official languages are Greek, Turkish. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Cyprus is currently 25th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record; 26th by GDP at current prices.

Key insights

How Cyprus stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🟡R&D expenditure 0.7% of GDP — far below the EU 3% target
• 🟢Tertiary attainment 52.1% (25-64) — top 3 in EU

Cyprus vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Cyprus's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Cyprus, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Cyprus

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Cyprus (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Cyprus buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Cyprus.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Cyprus.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (400 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API