CYPRUS

Capital Nicosia
Area (km2) 9 251
Total population (thousands, 2017) 860
Population density (per km2) 93
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.mof.gov.cy
Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT)
Women in the labour force, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 48%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2014 15%
   hourly wage, 2017 14%
Women in part-time employment, 2017
   percentage of employed women 16%
Female tertiary students, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 54%
Female victims of homicide, 2009
   percentage of total for both sexes 35%
Women researchers, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 37%
Life expectancy at birth, 2017
   females, years 84.2
   males, years 80.2
Life expectancy at 65, 2017
   females, years 21.2
   males, years 18.6
Total fertility rate, 2017
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2017
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.5
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2017
   age in years 29.2
 
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-5.6
-2.0
1.6
4.7
5.3
4.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
15.9
16.1
15.0
13.0
11.1
8.4
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
38.9
36.0
32.8
29.1
24.7
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2017 31 695
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2017 36 875
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 73.1
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 72.3
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2017 29 668
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2017 0.632
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 19
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 13
Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres ..
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2018 257
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 852
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 56
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres ..
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres, 2018 892