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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Cyprus: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Cyprus is placed 42nd of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.79 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 59.71 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
42nd
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.79GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 59.71Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.525Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 69.29Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Cyprus on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.79
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Cyprus: 0.79. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.996 Saudi Arabia
59.71
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 47th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Cyprus: 59.71. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Asia
- 71.57 Saudi Arabia
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.525
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Cyprus: 0.525. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Asia
- 3.497 Israel
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
69.29
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Cyprus: 69.29. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Asia
- 82.14 Israel
02Over time
Which way Cyprus is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
CyprusWorld median
Cyprus rose from 54.08 in 2020 to 59.71 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Cyprus World median 2025 59.710 40.2 2024 61.501 43.3 2023 60.840 41.4 2022 59.148 40.3 2021 59.715 44.1 2020 54.082 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
CyprusWorld median
Cyprus rose from -0.428 in 2000 to 0.525 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Cyprus World median 2025 0.53 0.20 2024 0.53 0.11 2023 0.53 0.14 2022 0.30 0.16 2021 0.30 0.12 2020 0.48 0.12 2019 0.71 0.10 2018 0.46 -0.05 2017 0.46 -0.08 2016 0.46 -0.10 2015 0.46 -0.17 2014 0.46 -0.21 2013 0.46 -0.21 2012 0.28 -0.25 2011 0.28 -0.32 2010 0.28 -0.31 2009 0.28 -0.50 2008 0.28 -0.51 2007 0.00 -0.51 2006 0.00 -0.55 2005 0.00 -0.55 2004 -0.43 -0.55 2003 -0.43 -0.55 2002 -0.43 -0.51 2001 -0.43 -0.51 2000 -0.43 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
CyprusWorld median
Cyprus rose from 39.37 in 2010 to 69.29 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Cyprus World median 2024 69.3 25.42 2023 66.2 26.03 2022 67.7 26.04 2021 70.0 29.80 2020 71.7 29.47 2019 53.7 18.36 2018 48.4 20.09 2017 49.1 18.32 2016 48.2 18.15 2015 46.0 19.57 2014 45.3 21.00 2013 39.9 20.50 2012 37.5 19.56 2011 39.2 19.21 2010 39.4 19.88
03In context
Cyprus beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Cyprus and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyprus | 42nd | 0.79 | 59.71 | 0.525 | 69.29 |
| Northern Cyprus | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Cyprus in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Cyprus is ahead of the world, and behind
17 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median12
Statistics on which Cyprus does better than the middle country measured.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.9621.023No real change since 2015
Cyprus: 1.962 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 4th of 176 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.354.61332.35No earlier reading
Cyprus: 4.613 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 154th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47429.577.474▲ Improved since 2014
Cyprus: 29.57 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 8th of 118 · derived.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6898.4791.68No earlier reading
Cyprus: 98.47 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 10th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7890.4478.78No earlier reading
Cyprus: 90.44 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 16th of 140 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.7370.485▲ Improved since 2013
Cyprus: 0.737 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 37th of 170 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5051.6060.505▼ Worsened since 2015
Cyprus: 1.606 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 39th of 176 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0590.3283.05No earlier reading
Cyprus: 90.32 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 37th of 140 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3973.1362.39No earlier reading
Cyprus: 73.13 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 55th of 181 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2283.564.22No earlier reading
Cyprus: 83.5 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1140.776-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
Cyprus: 0.776 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 58th of 176 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9752.170.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Cyprus: 2.17 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 47th of 119 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.963.080.96No earlier reading
Cyprus: 3.08 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454218,945141,454Moved since 2020
Cyprus: 218,945 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,67096,79384,670Moved since 2020
Cyprus: 96,793 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714158,083148,714Moved since 2020
Cyprus: 158,083 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6012.7845.601Moved since 2014
Cyprus: 2.784 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
No current reading for Cyprus
AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Made or Received a Digital Payment (last 2021) and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Cyprus’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Cyprus’s 8th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledge4th of 1983/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality17th of 1593/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 30th of 2002/4 keys
- Work & Labour28th of 1824/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation31st of 1764/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions35th of 1944/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital37th of 1963/3 keys
- Digital & Technology42nd of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture41st of 1843/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 47th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 46th of 1774/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 56th of 1934/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 58th of 1774/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 75th of 1833/4 keys
- Energy84th of 1653/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability132nd of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Cyprus can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel13th4/4 keysThis page
Cyprus42nd4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Cyprus on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Cyprus rank on digital & technology?
Cyprus is placed 42nd of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Cyprus?
0.79 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Cyprus?
59.71 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How have Cyprus’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 54.08 in 2020 to 59.71 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -0.428 in 2000 to 0.525 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 39.37 in 2010 to 69.29 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Cyprus?
No current reading is published for Cyprus on AI User Share of the Working-Age Population, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Made or Received a Digital Payment and Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 17 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Cyprus’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Cyprus (banner) — Kaktus999, CC0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Cyprus: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cyprus/digital