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Browse economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Cyprus' economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends.
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USD 0.9 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 24.5 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 34.5 billion (2018, estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
-1.3% | 2% | 4.8% | 4.5% | 3.9% |
*Estimate
USD 28,339.9 (2018, estimate)
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-1.5% | -1.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
14.9% | 13% | 11.1% | 8.4% | 7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
108% | 105.5% | 95.8% | 102.5% | 96.1% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-0.3% | 0.3% | 1.8% | -4.8% | 3.6% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BBB-
Moody's: Ba2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 2.5 billion | USD 2.8 billion | USD 3.3 billion |
-7.0 % (2018 estimate)
64.3% (2018)
0.03% (2018)
0.20% (2018)
Citrus, potatoes, pharmaceuticals, cement, clothing
Consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, machinery, transport equipment
Libya 9.4%, Greece 7.7%, Norway 6.7%, UK 5.3%, Germany 4.1% (2017)
Greece 19%, Italy 7.5%, China 7.4%, South Korea 7.3%, Germany 7%, Netherlands 5.1%, UK 5%, Israel 4.1% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 7,714 million | USD 6,950 million | USD 3,285 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 5,719 million | USD 1,833 million | USD -2,237 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 968 million | USD -1,155 million | USD -518 million | USD -876 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
54 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 50 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 125 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 75 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 71 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 80 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 21 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 29 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 50 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 142 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 31 out of 190 countries
44 out of 141 countries (2019)
Ranking: 44 / Score: 68.1 (Moderately free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Republic of Cyprus - presidential republic; "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (self-declared) - parliamentary republic with enhanced presidency
Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)
Orthodox Christian 89.1%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Protestant/Anglican 2%, Muslim 1.8%, Buddhist 1%, other (includes Maronite, Armenian Church, Hindu) 1.4%, unknown 1.1%, none/atheist 0.6% (2011 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
0.58 million | 0.69 million | 0.82 million | 0.85 million | 0.89 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
35.6% | 58.6% | 68.6% | 66.8% |
Total population: 99.1%
Male: 99.5%
Female: 98.7%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
0% (last available estimate, 2015)
34 (last available estimate, 2015)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 26.2% Mobile: 100.9% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)