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Official name:
Republic of Cyprus
Region:

    General Information
    Region    Western Asia
    Population (000, 2020)   1 207a
    Pop. density (per km2, 2020)   130.7a
    Capital city    Nicosia
    Capital city pop. (000, 2020)   269.5c
    UN membership date    20-Sep-60
    Surface area (km2)   9 251b
    Sex ratio (m per 100 f)   99.9a
    National currency    Euro (EUR)
    Exchange rate (per US$)   0.9d
    Economic indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    GDP: Gross domestic producte (million current US$)25 70719 77124 963c
    GDP growth ratee (annual %, const. 2015 prices)23.44.1c
    GDP per capitae (current US$)30 993.123 323.428 967.6c
    Economy: Agriculturee,f (% of Gross Value Added)2.32.12.3c
    Economy: Industrye,f,g (% of Gross Value Added)16.411.614.1c
    Economy: Services and other activitye,f,h,i (% of GVA)81.286.383.6c
    Employment in agriculture (% of employed)3.842j
    Employment in industry (% of employed)20.416.216.3j
    Employment in services (% employed)75.879.881.7j
    Unemploymentj (% of labour force)6.314.97.2
    Labour force participation ratej (female/male pop. %)57.6 / 70.657.9 / 67.457.8 / 68.0
    CPI: Consumer Price Indexk,l (2010=100)100102103d
    Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)848179m
    International trade: exports (million current US$)1 5063 3673 528d
    International trade: imports (million current US$)8 6457 1339 219d
    International trade: balance (million current US$)- 7 138- 3 766- 5 691d
    Balance of payments, current account (million US$)- 2 799-84- 1 655d
    Social indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    Population growth ratea,n (average annual %)1.60.90.8
    Urban populationa (% of total population)67.666.966.8d
    Urban population growth ratea,n (average annual %)1.40.7...
    Fertility rate, totala,n (live births per woman)1.51.41.3
    Life expectancy at birtha,n (females/males, years)81.1 / 76.882.2 / 77.782.8 / 78.6
    Population age distributiona (0-14/60+ years old, %)17.8 / 16.116.9 / 17.716.6 / 19.8
    International migrant stocko (000/% of total pop.)191.9 / 17.2192.0 / 16.5191.9 / 16.0d
    Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)8.8p14.133.3q,d
    Infant mortality ratea,n (per 1 000 live births)4.34.23.5
    Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)6.36.86.7b
    Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)2.22.62m
    Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)6.66.4...
    Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioj (f/m per 100 pop.)101.6 / 101.699.3 / 99.399.4 / 99.3b
    Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratioj (f/m per 100 pop.)92.0 / 90.999.4 / 100.199.5 / 101.1b
    Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratioj (f/m per 100 pop.)45.6 / 50.969.4 / 51.182.4 / 69.6b
    Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)0.71.31.3c
    Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)12.512.519.6r
    Environment and infrastructure indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)53s71.7s84.4c
    Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)0.40.50.6t,c
    Threatened species (number)436084
    Forested area (% of land area)18.718.718.7j,b
    CO2 emission estimatese (million tons/tons per capita)7.3 / 8.95.9 / 7.06.4 / 7.4b
    Energy production, primary (Petajoules)456b
    Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)937379b
    Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)2 1732 6593 939c
    Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)61.970.874.1d
    Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)86.3 / ...86.3 / ...86.3 / ...b
    Net Official Development Assist. disbursedk (% of GNI)0.230.09...
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