European ranking
9 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
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Country overview
Current reading for Inability to face unexpected financial expenses in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
Latest value
32.00 Percent of people
European ranking
9 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Compared with Europe
+2.9 puntos
Cyprus is 2.9 points above the European average.
EU: 29.09
Affected population
≈ 0.31 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
Granularity: Regions
Chipre
32.00
Cyprus performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
In Cyprus, Unexpected expenses is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 32.0% versus 29.1% in 2025, with a gap of 2.9 percentage points.
In Cyprus, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 43.70% in 2020 to 32.00% in 2025. The latest step, from 34.80% in 2024 to 32.00% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
In Cyprus, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.