At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2016, Cyprus's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 0.6% compared to 2015, reaching 16.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.5%.

Cyprus ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 8.8% (from 14.8% in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.