Nicosia, Cyprus. About 167,000 people in Cyprus remained at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2025, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Cystat said the at-risk rate stood at 17.1 per cent of the population, unchanged from 2024.
AROPE indicator and methodology
Cystat said the figure reflects the ‘At Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion’ (AROPE) indicator, the European Union’s main benchmark for monitoring progress towards its 2030 poverty reduction targets. The survey used 2024 as the income reference period.
Individuals were considered at risk if they lived in households with income below the poverty threshold, experienced severe material and social deprivation, or had very low work intensity.
Gender disparities
Cystat reported that women recorded a higher risk rate of 18.7 per cent compared with 15.5 per cent for men.
Components of the 2025 rate
The risk of poverty indicator rose to 14.9 per cent in 2025 from 14.6 per cent in 2024. The share of people living in households with very low work intensity was unchanged at 4.2 per cent.
The rate of severe material and social deprivation declined to 2.2 per cent from 2.5 per cent in 2024. Cystat said these movements resulted in the overall AROPE indicator remaining at 17.1 per cent.
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