The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Thursday launched its survey on household income and living conditions for 2025.

The survey, conducted annually since 2005, aligns with a relevant EU regulation, which requires implementation by all EU member states.

“The main objective of the survey is to collect longitudinal data on households in order to study the living conditions of the population with respect to their income at the European and national level,” Cystat said in its announcement.

The survey will include 5,000 households from both urban and rural areas of Cyprus.

Key socio-economic indicators, such as the ‘at-risk-of-poverty threshold,’ ‘income classes,’ ‘risk of poverty or social exclusion,’ and ‘severe material and social deprivation,’ will be derived from the data.

Cystat said that these indicators “facilitate the state social policy and planning“.

The data collection process will take place from January to September 2025, carried out by trained enumerators equipped with official identity cards.

Cystat said that households can expect contact through personal visits or telephone calls.

To ensure trust, Cystat has provided a verification tool on its website, allowing households to confirm the legitimacy of any calls received.

In its announcement, Cystat said that the survey is conducted in accordance with the official statistics Law of 2021 (Law No. 25(I)/2021).

The law mandates individuals to provide accurate data for statistical purposes.

“Any person who refuses, omits or neglects to provide data to the statistical service, does not comply with the deadlines set or provides false, incomplete or inaccurate data is liable to the consequences of the law,” the announcement said.

Moreover, the statistical service assured participants of data confidentiality, stating it “is obliged to keep the data reported as confidential and to use them exclusively for statistical purposes“.

“The results are disseminated in a format that provides the respondents with the appropriate safeguards as to the protection of their personal data,” the announcement concluded.