A total of 5,037 couples have entered civil partnerships under Cyprus’s Civil Cohabitation Law of 2015, with 415 involving same-sex couples, according to government data.
Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou provided the figures in response to a parliamentary question from MP Stavros Papadouris, covering registrations from the law’s implementation through the end of 2024.
“Since the implementation of the Civil Cohabitation Law of 2015 and based on available data until the end of 2024, a total of 5,037 couples have entered civil partnerships. Of these, 415 involve same-sex couples,” Ioannou stated in his written response.
Papadouris, an Ecologist MP and current party leader, submitted the question during public debate over proposed amendments to the vasslegislation.
He requested information on the total number of civil partnerships registered since the law’s implementation and the breakdown between opposite-sex and same-sex couples.
The data shows that heterosexual couples account for 4,622 of the registered partnerships, whilst same-sex couples represent approximately 8.2 per cent of the total.
The parliamentary question was submitted on 19 October 2023 but only received an official response on 18 August this year, highlighting significant delays in the parliamentary response system.