CY · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Cyprus, 2017
In 2017, Cyprus's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 3.5% compared to 2016, reaching 16.5%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 20.0%.
Cyprus ranks 18th 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 18.7% (from 13.9% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.