EU 29.09
· European ranking
9 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Cyprus: Financial Vulnerability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
32.00% of people
EU 29.09 · +2.9 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to face unexpected financial expenses ilc_mdes04
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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
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.
European comparison in Cyprus
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.
Recent trend
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.
Reading within the topic
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.