Cyprus
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
65.9composite, 0–100
17 / 45rank · 16 of 27 in EU-27
+1.6change since 2015, time-varying indicators
CyprusEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 65.6 | 22 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 62.0 | 15 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 80.2 | 6 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 58.3 | 22 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 9 / 16 |
| Financial | 63.4 | 23 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 65.9 | 17 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 39 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
CyprusEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Action Plan for the Development of Social Enterprises Ecosystem (Council of Ministers, 9 Jan 2018) - never implemented, not updated · source | 2/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Authority for Cooperative Societies (Commissioner of Cooperative Societies acting as Commissioner of Social Enterprises) · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 Law 73(I)/2016 transposing Directive 2014/24/EU; Council of Ministers Decision of 1.7.2025 on reserved contracts for work-insertion social e · source | 1/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 Law No. 207/2020 · source | 1/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Law No. 207/2020 on the development and maintenance of a registry of social enterprises (amended by Law No. 126/2023; Regulations No. 393/20 · source | 2/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare support programme for persons with disabilities in SEs (prepared 2025); EC-supported peer-learning seminar · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 Ad hoc direct-management projects (Horizon, Interreg, Erasmus+, COSME/SMP); EU-funded SRPP training project (EISMEA/2022/OP/0014) · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 Authority for Cooperative Societies SE subsidy scheme (EUR 10k per enterprise, EUR 300k/yr, approved April 2025, runs 2026-2028); Grant Sche · source | 2/2 |
Policy composite 70.8 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Cyprus: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/cyprus/