At-risk-of-poverty rate by sex

In 2010, Cyprus's at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex decreased by 1.3% compared to 2009, reaching 46.8.

Cyprus accounts for 94.5% of the EU-27 total of 49.5.

Cyprus ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.1% (from 48.3 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi010, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.