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Cyprus vs Germany

Comparison

Cyprus

CY

Germany

DE

Shared indicators

16

Cyprus better

11

Germany better

5

Tie

0

Indicative result based on the count of shared indicators. Each indicator uses the latest exact year available for both countries, and no weighted composite score is applied.

Indicators comparison

Cyprus(CY)
Indicator
Germany(DE)
4.2%

Jobless Households

i

Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

10.3%
12%

Housing & Utility Bill Arrears

i

Measures the share of people living in households with arrears on mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, or hire-purchase instalments.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Germany

6.9%
93.6 index

Home Price Affordability

i

Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

97.7 index
2.4%

Housing Affordability

i

Measures the share of people living in households where total housing costs exceed 40% of disposable household income.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

11.2%
2.2%

Overcrowded Housing

i

Measures the share of people living in a dwelling with fewer rooms than required under the Eurostat overcrowding standard. The minimum number of rooms depends on household composition and the ages of its members.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

11.7%
11.3%

Energy Poverty / Cold Homes

i

Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to keep their home adequately warm.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Germany

5.7%
98

GDP per Capita

i

Measures GDP per inhabitant after adjusting for differences in price levels between countries using purchasing power standards (PPS). The EU27 average is set to 100, so values above or below 100 indicate a level above or below the EU average for that year. The index is primarily intended for cross-country comparison and changes over time should not be interpreted as real GDP growth.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Germany

115
31.2 index

Income Inequality (Gini Index)

i

Measures inequality in the distribution of equivalised disposable income. A value of 0 represents complete equality and 100 represents maximum inequality.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Germany

30.1 index
4.6 ratio

Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)

i

Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

4.68 ratio
14.9%

Poverty Rate

i

Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

16.1%
17.1%

Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk

i

Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

21.2%
32%

Financial Vulnerability

i

Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Germany

31.9%
83.5 years

Life Expectancy

i

Measures the average number of years a newborn would live if the age-specific mortality conditions observed in the reference period remained applicable throughout life.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

81.2 years
7.6%

Material and Social Deprivation

i

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

10.7%
2 rooms/person

Housing Space per Person

i

Measures the average number of rooms available in a household relative to the number of people living there, using Eurostat rules on which habitable spaces count as rooms.

Interpretation: Higher values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

1.7 rooms/person
2.2%

Severe Material Deprivation

i

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 7 of the 13 material or social items used in the Eurostat material and social deprivation framework.

Interpretation: Lower values indicate a more favorable outcome.

Eurostat ↗

Better outcome: Cyprus

5.6%
View data table
Indicator Country A value Country B value Better outcome
Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) 4.2% 10.3% Cyprus
Arrears on housing or utility bills 12% 6.9% Germany
House price to income ratio 93.6 index 97.7 index Cyprus
Housing cost overburden rate 2.4% 11.2% Cyprus
Overcrowding rate 2.2% 11.7% Cyprus
Inability to keep home adequately warm 11.3% 5.7% Germany
GDP per capita in PPS 98 115 Germany
Gini coefficient 31.2 index 30.1 index Germany
Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 4.6 ratio 4.68 ratio Cyprus
At-risk-of-poverty rate 14.9% 16.1% Cyprus
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion 17.1% 21.2% Cyprus
Inability to face unexpected financial expenses 32% 31.9% Germany
Life expectancy at birth 83.5 years 81.2 years Cyprus
Material and social deprivation rate 7.6% 10.7% Cyprus
Average number of rooms per person 2 rooms/person 1.7 rooms/person Cyprus
Severe material and social deprivation rate 2.2% 5.6% Cyprus