Refugees
71,369refugees and others in need of protection hosted, 2025
25from it, abroad, 2025
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder2025
Country page · Updated 13 Nov 2026
Cyprus
Cyprus has 1.4 m people (World Bank, 2025) and an economy of $41 bn a year (World Bank, 2025). It imports all of the oil it uses (EIA, 2024).
Written automatically from the figures on this page.
- Population
- 1.4 m (2025)
- Member of
- European Union (as of 10 Nov 2026)
Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:50m, which shows who controls an area in practice. Borders shown do not imply endorsement.
- GDPUS$41.2billion103rd of 186World Bank · 2025
- Population1.4million155th of 216World Bank · 2025
- GDP per personUS$30,07542nd of 186World Bank · 2025
- Military, % GDP1.6% of GDP78th of 150World Bank · 2025
- CO2 per person5.4t60th of 213Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Dependencies at a glance
Cyprus imports all of the oil it uses.
Imports mostImports someLow net tradeExporter
| Resource | Dependence | Position | Main partners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | Imports most | Imports all of the oil it usesEIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Netherlands → Cyprus as reported by the exporter | Tunisia, Netherlands, United Kingdom |
| Natural gas | Uses no gas, by this source PreliminaryEIA, 2024 | No partner data from the source | |
| Wheat | Imports most | Imports 67% of the wheat it usesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023 | Ukraine, Greece, Russia |
| Maize | Not reported by this source | – | |
| Rice | Imports most | Imports all of the rice it usesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023 | Greece, Uruguay, India |
| Soybeans | Not reported by this source | – | |
| Potash | Imports most | Imports all of its potash supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | Netherlands, Greece, Belgium |
| Phosphate | Imports most | Imports all of its phosphate supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Greece → Cyprus as reported by the exporter | Greece, Jordan, Lithuania |
| Arms | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: Israel, 74% of importsSIPRI, 2021–2025 | Israel, Germany, France |
| Chips | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: Germany, 29% of importsUN Comtrade, 2025 | Germany, Netherlands, Israel |
Dependence is net imports: imports minus exports, as a share of what the country uses; for potash and phosphate, of its supply (production plus net imports). Arms and chips show supplier concentration only: the main supplier’s share of imports (arms: five-year totals of deliveries in SIPRI’s trend-indicator value, SIPRI’s measure of military capability delivered, not price or number of weapons).
- OilImports most
Imports all of the oil it uses
Main partners: Tunisia, Netherlands, United Kingdom
EIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Netherlands → Cyprus as reported by the exporter
- Natural gas
Uses no gas, by this source Preliminary
Main partners: No partner data from the source
EIA, 2024
- WheatImports most
Imports 67% of the wheat it uses
Main partners: Ukraine, Greece, Russia
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023
- Maize
Not reported by this source
- RiceImports most
Imports all of the rice it uses
Main partners: Greece, Uruguay, India
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023
- Soybeans
Not reported by this source
- PotashImports most
Imports all of its potash supply Estimate
Main partners: Netherlands, Greece, Belgium
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
- PhosphateImports most
Imports all of its phosphate supply Estimate
Main partners: Greece, Jordan, Lithuania
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Greece → Cyprus as reported by the exporter
- ArmsSupplier concentration only
Main supplier: Israel, 74% of imports
Main partners: Israel, Germany, France
SIPRI, 2021–2025
- ChipsSupplier concentration only
Main supplier: Germany, 29% of imports
Main partners: Germany, Netherlands, Israel
UN Comtrade, 2025
Source: EIA; FAOSTAT; SIPRI; UN Comtradeyear in each rowUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Dependencies toolMoney and reserves
Cyprus’ economy produced $41 bn in 2025.
GDP, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank Indicators2000–2025Updated 13 Nov 2026
Economic growth3.8%2025 · 77th of 186 · World Bank
Inflation0.1%2025 · 155th of 169 · World Bank
Unemployment4.9%2025 · 97th of 181 · World Bank
ReservesUS$2.09billion2024 · 119th of 164 · World Bank
Trade190% of GDP2024 · 7th of 172 · World Bank
Foreign investment inUS$11.2billion2025 · 36th of 200 · World Bank
People
Cyprus had 1.4 m people in 2025.
Population, 1950–2100
Projection: UN projection, medium variant, after 2023Range between the UN low- and high-fertility scenarios
Source: UN World Population ProspectsUpdated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Cyprus’ population by age
1950200020502100
Source: UN World Population Prospects1950–2100Updated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Births per woman1.392023 · 196th of 237 · UN WPP 2024
Median age37.82023 · 76th of 237 · UN WPP 2024
Aged 65 and over15%2025, Projection, medium variant · UN WPP 2024
Climate and hazards
Cyprus emitted 7.3 Mt of CO2 from fossil fuels and cement in 2024.
Cyprus’ CO2 emissions, million tonnes, 1990–2024
Source: Our World in Data CO21990–2024Updated 13 Nov 2026
CO2 emissions7Mt2024 · 123rd of 214 · Global Carbon Budget
CO2 per person5.4t2024 · 60th of 213 · Global Carbon Budget
CO2 since 1750322Mt2024 · 113th of 214 · Global Carbon Budget
Water stress5.02023 · 1st of 164 · WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)
More figures
Shown only where a source covers Cyprus.
Sanctions
130entries on the US, EU and UK lists give it as an address or nationality: US 118 and UK 12
Counts entries (people, companies, ships and aircraft), not how strict the measures are.
Source: US CSL; EU sanctions list; UK Sanctions ListUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Cyber incidents
8publicly known incidents affecting Cyprus, 2000–2024
Counts compare documented incidents, not how often a country is targeted. Who they were attributed to
Source: EuRepoC Global Dataset of Cyber Incidents 1.3.2 (4 Mar 2025), CC BY-NC 4.02000–2024
All figures
51 measures on this site have a recent figure for Cyprus.
| GDP | $41 bn | 2025 | 103rd of 186 | World Bank |
| GDP per person | $30,075 | 2025 | 42nd of 186 | World Bank |
| Economic growth | 3.8% | 2025 | 77th of 186 | World Bank |
| Inflation | 0.1% | 2025 | 155th of 169 | World Bank |
| Government debt | 55% | 2025 | 89th of 191 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Government budget balance | 3.4% | 2025 | 15th of 195 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Current account balance | −6.4% | 2025 | 157th of 194 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Unemployment | 4.9% | 2025 | 97th of 181 | World Bank |
| Reserves, including gold | $2.1 bn | 2024 | 119th of 164 | World Bank |
| Trade | 190% | 2024 | 7th of 172 | World Bank |
| Foreign investment in | $11 bn | 2025 | 36th of 200 | World Bank |
| Remittances received | 1.8% | 2024 | 91st of 162 | World Bank |
| Population | 1.4 m | 2025 | 155th of 216 | World Bank |
| Population with UN projections | 1.3 m | 2023 | 158th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Births per woman | 1.39 | 2023 | 196th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Median age | 37.8 | 2023 | 76th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Life expectancy | 81.6 | 2023 | 43rd of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Refugees from the country | 25 | 2025 | 190th of 206 | UNHCR |
| Refugees and others needing protection, by host | 71,369 | 2025 | 68th of 176 | UNHCR |
| Refugees hosted per 1,000 people | 52.1 | 2025 | 8th of 176 | UNHCR |
| Crude oil production | 0 kb/d | 2025 | 100th of 214 | EIA |
| Oil consumption | 46 kb/d | 2024 | 111th of 212 | EIA |
| Natural gas production | Preliminary | 2024 | 97th of 213 | EIA |
| Natural gas consumption | 0.0 bcm | 2024 | 126th of 213 | EIA |
| Electricity generated | 6 TWh | 2024 | 125th of 193 | Ember |
| Low-carbon electricity | 24% | 2024 | 118th of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from coal | 0% | 2024 | 82nd of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from wind and solar | 23% | 2024 | 30th of 193 | Ember |
| Wheat production | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 94th of 123 | FAOSTAT |
| Wheat imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 132nd of 180 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize imports | 0.3 Mt | 2024 | 63rd of 196 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice production | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 116th of 135 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 147th of 197 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean production | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 103rd of 108 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 104th of 179 | FAOSTAT |
| Potash fertiliser use | 0.00 Mt | 2024 | 113th of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| Phosphate fertiliser use | 0.01 Mt | 2024 | 111th of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| CO2 emissions | 7 Mt | 2024 | 123rd of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 per person | 5.4 t | 2024 | 60th of 213 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 emitted since 1750 | 322 Mt | 2024 | 113th of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Net CO2 imports through trade | 20% | 2023 | 65th of 120 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Water stress | 5.0 | 2023 | 1st of 164 | WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0) |
| Water from abroad | 0% | 2023 | 125th of 193 | FAO AQUASTAT |
| Military spending, share of GDP | 1.6% | 2025 | 78th of 150 | World Bank |
| Military spending | $663 m | 2025 | 88th of 150 | World Bank |
| Arms imports | 28 TIV m | 2025 | 69th of 108 | SIPRI |
| Arms exports | 40 TIV m | 2023 | 33rd of 54 | SIPRI |
| People using the internet | 90% | 2024 | 59th of 182 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports | $9.5 bn | 2024 | 23rd of 162 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports, share of service exports | 30% | 2024 | 11th of 162 | World Bank |
| Sanctions list entries (US, EU, UK) | 130 | 2026 | 25th of 181 | US CSL |
Coverage notes. Northern Cyprus: Administered separately from Cyprus; not recognised as a state by most countries (EuRepoC cyber incidents).
Sources for this page
- World Bank IndicatorsGDP, GDP per person, Economic growth, Inflation, Unemployment, Reserves, …
- IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026Debt, Budget balance, Current account
- UN World Population ProspectsPopulation (UN), Births per woman, Median age, Life expectancy
- UNHCR Refugee Data FinderRefugees from, Refugees hosted, Refugees per 1,000
- U.S. Energy Information AdministrationOil output, Oil use, Gas output, Gas use, Dependencies at a glance
- Ember electricity dataElectricity, Low-carbon electricity, Electricity from coal, Electricity from wind and solar
- FAOSTATWheat production, Wheat imports, Maize imports, Rice production, Rice imports, Soybean production, …
- Our World in Data CO2CO2 emissions, CO2 per person, CO2 since 1750, Net CO2 imports through trade
- WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)Water stress
- FAO AQUASTATWater from abroad
- SIPRI Arms Transfers DatabaseArms imports, Arms exports, Dependencies at a glance
- US Consolidated Screening ListSanctions list entries, Sanctions
- UN ComtradeDependencies at a glance
- EU financial sanctions listSanctions
- UK Sanctions ListSanctions
- EuRepoC cyber incidentsCyber incidents
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