Cyprus by the Numbers

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) on Thursday released new data on average interest rates and loan volumes for August 2025, highlighting a slowdown in lending activity and contrasting trends in ...

Cyprus recorded zero annual inflation in September 2025, making it the only country in the euro area with no change in consumer prices compared with the same month last year, according ...

The Index of Industrial Output Prices in Cyprus for August 2025 reached 122.8 units, using 2021 as the base year with 100 units, and remained stable compared with July 2025. According to the latest figures ...

Cyprus’ Industrial Production Index reached 125.8 units in July 2025, using 2021 as the base year set at 100 units, according to the statistical service. This represented an increase of 1.8 per cent compared with ...

Cyprus has the most generous personal income tax break in the European Union, sparing the first €19,500 of earnings from tax.   That cushion, higher than anywhere else in the bloc, helps ...

Food prices in Cyprus have risen by 20 per cent since the end of 2019, the mildest increase in the euro area, while Estonia has seen the steepest jump at 57 per cent, ...

Petroleum product sales in Cyprus fell by 1 per cent in August 2025 compared to the same month last year, reaching 123,378 tonnes, according to the statistical service (Cystat). The decline was mainly ...

The National Betting Authority on Friday reported that Cyprus’ betting sector revenues remained steady in the first quarter of 2025, holding at last year’s levels but marking a sharp rise ...

Bank deposits in Cyprus rose by a net €44.3 million in August, according to the latest deposit and loan statistics published by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) this week. At ...

Net demand for loans rose in the second quarter of 2025, driven by both businesses and households, according to the Central Bank of Cyprus’ (CBC) bank lending survey. In addition, the ...

Cypriot beverage company KEO PLC this week reported a net profit of €3.23 million for the first half of 2025, down from €3,529,000 in the same period in 2024. According to a filing on ...

Cyprus’ construction materials price index posted a year-on-year increase of 1.17 per cent in August, according to figures released on Thursday by the statistical service (Cystat). Specifically, the construction materials price ...

Cyprus relied on cars for 60.6 per cent of all passenger-kilometres in 2023, according to a report released this week by Eurostat. The European Union’s statistical office added that air transport ...

Cyprus’ wholesale trade sector saw its turnover value rise by 4.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to the state statistical service. ...

The number of job vacancies in Cyprus rose by 16.5 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, with an increase of 18.7 per cent compared to the first quarter of the ...

The hourly labour costs in Cyprus rose by 4.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year, according to provisional data released by ...

The turnover value index for services and transport in Cyprus recorded mixed results in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024.  According to the state statistical service (...

Cyprus saw a continued rise in business activity in 2023, with the number of enterprises climbing by 4.5 per cent to 125,152 compared with 119,816 in 2022, according to the Statistical Service (Cystat). This increase ...

Total government employment in Cyprus reached 52,661 persons in August 2025, marking an increase of 209 individuals or 0.4 per cent compared with August 2024, according to the Statistical Service (Cystat).  Employment in the civil ...

The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) this week published detailed data on sales of locally produced industrial commodities for 2023. Total sales of industrial commodities produced by local units reached €4.60 billion in 2023, ...

The number of bounced cheques recorded in Cyprus reached 16 in August 2025, with a total value of €52,891, according to data published on Wednesday by the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC). These ...

The gap between deposit and lending rates in Cyprus remains significant compared with the eurozone, with borrowing rates considerably higher and deposit rates comparatively lower, the Central Bank of Cyprus (...

The average price of agricultural output across the European Union rose by 5.6 per cent during the second quarter of 2025, compared with the same quarter of 2024, according to a report from ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit widened to €4.57 billion in January-July 2025, up from €4.39 billion in the same period from 2024, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Total ...