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

In 2018, Cyprus's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 4.8% compared to 2017, reaching 17.3%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 19.6%.

Cyprus ranks 17th 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 11.6% (from 15.5% in 2013).

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