Cyprus’s per capita GDP reached 98% of the European Union average in 2025, just 2% below the bloc’s overall figure, according to data published by Eurostat. Real actual individual consumption (AIC) per capita in Cyprus compares favourably at European level, the data shows.
Wide gaps remain across the EU
Eurostat’s figures reveal substantial disparities between member states. Luxembourg and Ireland recorded the highest per capita GDP in the EU in 2025, at 139% and 138% above the EU average respectively. Bulgaria and Greece recorded the lowest, both 32% below the average.
Cyprus among the steady climbers
Cyprus’s per capita GDP has risen steadily over the past decade, climbing from 81% of the EU average in 2015 to 98% in 2025, an increase of 17 points. Romania, Croatia, Lithuania and Poland followed a similarly steady upward path over the same period. Meanwhile, several higher-income countries, including Sweden, Germany, Austria, Finland and France, gradually moved down towards the EU average, narrowing the overall range from both the top and bottom ends.
Luxembourg remained at the top of the table throughout the decade, although its index actually fell, from 279% in 2015 to around 239% in 2025, with a temporary rise to 262% in 2021. Bulgaria stayed at the bottom of the table over the same period but showed the steadiest catch-up, rising from 49% in 2015 to 68% in 2025, an increase of around 19 points.
Ireland followed a different trajectory to the rest of the EU. Its GDP per capita volume index rose from 185% of the EU average in 2015 to 238% in 2025, an increase of 53 points, the largest rise among all the countries in the dataset.
Consumption tells a similar story
While GDP is primarily a measure of economic activity, Eurostat said real actual individual consumption is a better-suited indicator of households’ material wellbeing. Luxembourg recorded the highest AIC per capita among the 36 countries in the comparison in 2025, at 145%, 42 points above the comparison average of 103%. Eurostat said this is partly because cross-border workers contribute to Luxembourg’s GDP, while their consumer spending is recorded in the national accounts of their country of residence.
Ireland, which has the EU’s second-highest per capita GDP, had AIC per capita almost equal to the EU average, at 100%. In Cyprus, the same indicator stood at 98%, in line with its per capita GDP figure, and has been on an upward path since 2015.
Bulgaria held the lowest position for most of the period, rising from 55% in 2015 to 77% in 2025. Hungary and Latvia recorded the lowest AIC level among EU countries as of 2025, at 73%.