Cyprus — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Cyprus, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Cyprus was 0.13% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 16.18% in 1974. The lowest was -2.10% in 2015 (about -16.6× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.85% per year.
Cyprus ranks 172 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.75%, so Cyprus sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 99% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 106%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 49 of 49 economies; Switzerland (0.15%) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1798% in 1963. That is 90% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1963; grown tenfold by 1974.
World ranking. Slipped: 46th of 63 in 1960 → 72nd of 92 in 1970 → 61st of 106 in 1980 → 92nd of 131 in 1990 → 67th of 163 in 2000 → 117th of 186 in 2010 → 162nd of 178 in 2020 → 155th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.13% | -1.7 pp |
| 2024 | 1.8% | -1.7 pp |
| 2023 | 3.54% | -4.9 pp |
| 2022 | 8.4% | +5.9 pp |
| 2021 | 2.45% | +3.1 pp |
| 2020 | -0.64% | -0.9 pp |
| 2019 | 0.25% | -1.2 pp |
| 2018 | 1.44% | +0.9 pp |
| 2017 | 0.53% | +2.0 pp |
| 2016 | -1.43% | +0.7 pp |
| 2015 | -2.1% | -0.7 pp |
| 2014 | -1.35% | -1.0 pp |
| 2013 | -0.4% | -2.8 pp |
| 2012 | 2.39% | -0.9 pp |
| 2011 | 3.29% | +0.9 pp |
| 2010 | 2.43% | +2.1 pp |
| 2009 | 0.33% | -4.3 pp |
| 2008 | 4.67% | +2.3 pp |
| 2007 | 2.37% | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 2.56% | +0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 2.29% | -1.9 pp |
| 2003 | 4.14% | +1.3 pp |
| 2002 | 2.8% | +0.8 pp |
| 2001 | 1.97% | -2.2 pp |
| 2000 | 4.14% | +2.5 pp |
| 1999 | 1.63% | -0.6 pp |
| 1998 | 2.23% | -1.4 pp |
| 1997 | 3.61% | +0.6 pp |
| 1996 | 2.98% | +0.4 pp |
| 1995 | 2.62% | -2.1 pp |
| 1994 | 4.7% | -0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 4.85% | -1.7 pp |
| 1992 | 6.51% | +1.5 pp |
| 1991 | 5.04% | +0.5 pp |
| 1990 | 4.5% | +0.7 pp |
| 1989 | 3.77% | +0.3 pp |
| 1988 | 3.43% | +0.6 pp |
| 1987 | 2.79% | +1.6 pp |
| 1986 | 1.22% | -3.8 pp |
| 1985 | 5.03% | -1.0 pp |
| 1984 | 5.99% | +0.9 pp |
| 1983 | 5.05% | -1.4 pp |
| 1982 | 6.43% | -4.3 pp |
| 1981 | 10.74% | -2.8 pp |
| 1980 | 13.52% | +4.1 pp |
| 1979 | 9.46% | +2.0 pp |
| 1978 | 7.44% | +0.1 pp |
| 1977 | 7.33% | +3.5 pp |
| 1976 | 3.85% | -0.8 pp |
| 1975 | 4.64% | -11.5 pp |
| 1974 | 16.18% | +8.4 pp |
| 1973 | 7.81% | +3.0 pp |
| 1972 | 4.83% | +0.7 pp |
| 1971 | 4.14% | +1.7 pp |
| 1970 | 2.4% | +0.0 pp |
| 1969 | 2.39% | -1.4 pp |
| 1968 | 3.77% | +3.1 pp |
| 1967 | 0.7% | +0.2 pp |
| 1966 | 0.51% | +0.3 pp |
| 1965 | 0.2% | +0.5 pp |
| 1964 | -0.3% | -2.3 pp |
| 1963 | 1.96% | +1.9 pp |
| 1962 | 0.1% | +0.7 pp |
| 1961 | -0.62% | -1.4 pp |
| 1960 | 0.83% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cyprus’s Inflation in 1961?
-0.62% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cyprus’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -84.7% in total — about 2.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 0.13%; 2024: 1.8%; 2023: 3.54%; 2022: 8.4%; 2021: 2.45%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.