In 2025, the share of the population in Cyprus living in housing in which energy efficiency had been improved in the previous five years stood at 28%, according to data published on Tuesday by Eurostat.
According to the same data, in Cyprus the gap between people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and those not at such risk was among the most pronounced in the EU. Specifically, 16.7% of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion lived in a dwelling with improved energy efficiency, compared with 30.3% among those not at such risk.
At European Union level, 23.9% of the population lived in 2025 in a dwelling in which energy efficiency had been improved in the previous five years.
Eurostat also reports that, overall in the EU, people at risk of poverty or social exclusion were less likely to say that they lived in dwellings with improved energy efficiency. The rate for these people stood at 17.4%, compared with 25.6% for people not at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
