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Cyprus vs Turkey

125 shared metrics.

CyprusLeads in 56

vs125 shared

TurkeyLeads in 69

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Cyprus

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Cyprus.

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Identity

Name origin: the Greek name for the island is Kupros, which is probably derived from the Sumerian kabar, meaning "copper" or "bronze.

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Turkey

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Turkey.

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Curated stat

Istanbul famously spans both Europe and Asia across the Bosporus.

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Analysis

Turkey leads in 69 of 125 shared metrics, while Cyprus leads in 56.

Cyprus's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 6.7x that of Turkey (18.01 per 1M people vs 2.3 per 1M people).

Cyprus's Health Spending Per Capita is 6.4x that of Turkey ($2,864.16 vs $385.88).

Cyprus's Spirits Consumption is 5.5x that of Turkey (2.4 L/person/yr vs 0.37 L/person/yr).

Cyprus's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 5.5x that of Turkey (5.0 per 100k people vs 0.77 per 100k people).

Cyprus's Liberal Democracy Index is 5.0x that of Turkey (0.66 vs 0.11).

Key Comparisons

McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Cyprus leads

Cyprus

18.01 per 1M people

Turkey

2.3 per 1M people

Health Spending Per CapitaCyprus leads

Cyprus

$2,864.16

Turkey

$385.88

Spirits ConsumptionCyprus leads

Cyprus

2.4 L/person/yr

Turkey

0.37 L/person/yr

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Cyprus leads

Cyprus

5.0 per 100k people

Turkey

0.77 per 100k people

Liberal Democracy IndexCyprus leads

Cyprus

0.66

Turkey

0.11

Protected Land (%)Cyprus leads

Cyprus

38.6%

Turkey

7.0%

All Metrics

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Cyprus

18.01 per 1M people

Turkey

2.3 per 1M people

674% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Health Spending Per Capita

Cyprus

$2,864.16

Turkey

$385.88

642% higher

Spirits Consumption

Cyprus

2.4 L/person/yr

Turkey

0.37 L/person/yr

553% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Cyprus

5.0 per 100k people

Turkey

0.77 per 100k people

553% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Liberal Democracy Index

Cyprus

0.66

Turkey

0.11

504% higher

Protected Land (%)

Cyprus

38.6%

Turkey

7.0%

451% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Cyprus

0.81

Turkey

0.18

354% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Cyprus

24.86 kg/person/yr

Turkey

5.5 kg/person/yr

350% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Cyprus

6.4 L/adult/yr

Turkey

1.7 L/adult/yr

276% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Cyprus

97.5% of GDP

Turkey

26.62% of GDP

266% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Cyprus

97.02% of GDP

Turkey

27.57% of GDP

252% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Cyprus

18.03%

Turkey

5.1%

251% higher

Imports (% GDP)

Cyprus

93.38% of GDP

Turkey

27.03% of GDP

245% higher

Official Languages Count

Cyprus

3.0

Turkey

1.0

200% higher

Beer Consumption

Cyprus

1.8 L/person/yr

Turkey

0.66 L/person/yr

170% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Cyprus

0.77

Turkey

0.29

164% higher

GNI Per Capita

Cyprus

$32,870

Turkey

$13,460

144% higher

Health Spending (% GDP)

Cyprus

8.9% of GDP

Turkey

3.7% of GDP

140% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Cyprus

5.7% of firms

Turkey

2.4% of firms

136% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Cyprus

23.18%

Turkey

10.53%

120% higher

Comparison of Cyprus and Turkey across 125 metrics
				Winner
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	18.01 per 1M people	2.3 per 1M people	674% higher	Cyprus
Health Spending Per Capita	$2,864.16	$385.88	642% higher	Cyprus
Spirits Consumption	2.4 L/person/yr	0.37 L/person/yr	553% higher	Cyprus
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	5.0 per 100k people	0.77 per 100k people	553% higher	Cyprus
Liberal Democracy Index	0.66	0.11	504% higher	Cyprus
Protected Land (%)	38.6%	7.0%	451% higher	Cyprus
Freedom of Expression Index	0.81	0.18	354% higher	Cyprus
Seafood Consumption per Person	24.86 kg/person/yr	5.5 kg/person/yr	350% higher	Cyprus
Alcohol Consumption	6.4 L/adult/yr	1.7 L/adult/yr	276% higher	Cyprus
Government Debt (% GDP)	97.5% of GDP	26.62% of GDP	266% higher	Cyprus
Exports (% GDP)	97.02% of GDP	27.57% of GDP	252% higher	Cyprus
High-Tech Exports (%)	18.03%	5.1%	251% higher	Cyprus
Imports (% GDP)	93.38% of GDP	27.03% of GDP	245% higher	Cyprus
Official Languages Count	3.0	1.0	200% higher	Cyprus
Beer Consumption	1.8 L/person/yr	0.66 L/person/yr	170% higher	Cyprus
Electoral Democracy Index	0.77	0.29	164% higher	Cyprus
GNI Per Capita	$32,870	$13,460	144% higher	Cyprus
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.9% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	140% higher	Cyprus
Firms Asked for Bribes	5.7% of firms	2.4% of firms	136% higher	Cyprus
Solar Electricity Share	23.18%	10.53%	120% higher	Cyprus
Vehicles per 1,000 People	533.66 per 1k people	266.03 per 1k people	101% higher	Cyprus
Domestic Patents	1.0	8.2K	100% lower	Turkey
Water Withdrawal	0.22 B m³	64.47 B m³	100% lower	Turkey
Foreign Patents	2.0	242	99% lower	Turkey
Air Passengers	724.1K	125.94M	99% lower	Turkey
Forest Area	1.7K km²	226.9K km²	99% lower	Turkey
Land Area	9.2K km²	769.6K km²	99% lower	Turkey
Irrigated Land	269 km²	52.1K km²	99% lower	Turkey
Population	1.33M	84.63M	98% lower	Turkey
Total CO2 Emissions	7.3 Mt CO2e	460.03 Mt CO2e	98% lower	Turkey
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	111 medals	98% lower	Turkey
Electric Generating Capacity	2.29M kW	106.28M kW	98% lower	Turkey
Electricity Generation	5.7 TWh	341.22 TWh	98% lower	Turkey
Inflation Rate	1.8%	58.5%	97% lower	Turkey
Shipping Traffic	371.7K	12.37M	97% lower	Turkey
Armed Forces Personnel	13.0K	512.0K	97% lower	Turkey
GDP (Nominal)	$37,634,533,331.89	$1,359,123,768,774.12	97% lower	Turkey
Scientific Publications	1.9K	52.7K	96% lower	Turkey
Tourism Revenue	$663,000,000	$13,771,000,000	95% lower	Turkey
Land Border Length	156 km	2.8K km	94% lower	Turkey
Coastline Length	648 km	7.2K km	91% lower	Turkey
Informal Employment Share	2.6% of employed people	27.71% of employed people	90% lower	Turkey
Meat Consumption per Person	72.83 kg/person/yr	38.87 kg/person/yr	87% higher	Cyprus
Airports	15	116	87% lower	Turkey
Food Waste per Person	294 kg/person/yr	162.74 kg/person/yr	81% higher	Cyprus
Political Corruption Index	0.17	0.80	79% lower	Turkey
Corruption Perceptions Index	55 pts	31 pts	77% higher	Cyprus
Broadband Access (%)	39 per 100 people	22 per 100 people	77% higher	Cyprus
Capital Elevation	220 m	938 m	77% lower	Turkey
Homicide Rate	0.82 per 100k	3.2 per 100k	75% lower	Turkey
Child Mortality	3.5 per 1k births	12.8 per 1k births	73% lower	Turkey
Agricultural Land (%)	13.96%	50.14%	72% lower	Turkey
Wind Electricity Share	3.5%	11.14%	68% lower	Turkey
Infant Mortality	2.9 per 1k births	9.1 per 1k births	68% lower	Turkey
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	67% lower	Turkey
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	12 days/yr	67% higher	Cyprus
Highest Elevation	2.0K m	5.1K m	62% lower	Turkey
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	31.59 per 100k	80.55 per 100k	61% lower	Turkey
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.6 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	59% higher	Cyprus
Firms Hit by Power Outages	13.51% of firms	32.76% of firms	59% lower	Turkey
Women's Political Empowerment	0.86	0.56	53% higher	Cyprus
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.7% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	53% higher	Cyprus
Renewable Energy (%)	10.8%	19.79%	45% lower	Turkey
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	156 per 100 people	108 per 100 people	44% higher	Cyprus
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.75% of GDP	1.3% of GDP	44% lower	Turkey
Milk Consumption per Person	113.31 kg/person/yr	193.94 kg/person/yr	42% lower	Turkey
Teen Birth Rate	7.0 per 1k	12.05 per 1k	42% lower	Turkey
Elderly Population (%)	14.62%	10.28%	42% higher	Cyprus
Road Traffic Death Rate	3.9 per 100k	6.5 per 100k	40% lower	Turkey
Forest Coverage (%)	18.67%	29.48%	37% lower	Turkey
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	13.51 µg/m³	21.61 µg/m³	37% lower	Turkey
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$61,271.82	$45,122.93	36% higher	Cyprus
Nurses & Midwives	4.6 per 1k	3.4 per 1k	35% higher	Cyprus
Unemployment Rate	5.6%	8.4%	34% lower	Turkey
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	23.27% of GDP	17.62% of GDP	32% higher	Cyprus
Population Density	145.56 /km²	110.87 /km²	31% higher	Cyprus
Renewable Energy (%)	15.6%	12%	30% higher	Cyprus
Researchers	1.7K per 1M	2.5K per 1M	30% lower	Turkey
Inequality (Gini)	31.8	44.5	29% lower	Turkey
Firms Making Informal Payments	3.2% of firms	2.5% of firms	29% higher	Cyprus
Women in Parliament (%)	14.29%	19.87%	28% lower	Turkey
Women in Senior Management	27.5% of managers	21.45% of managers	28% higher	Cyprus
Obesity Rate	25.11%	34.26%	27% lower	Turkey
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	2.2 per 1k	3.0 per 1k	27% lower	Turkey
Birth Rate	9.9 per 1k	13.56 per 1k	27% lower	Turkey
Credit Card Ownership	32.48% of adults	43.67% of adults	26% lower	Turkey
Youth Population (%)	16.07%	21.45%	25% lower	Turkey
Urban Population (%)	66.68%	89.34%	25% lower	Turkey
University Enrollment Rate	99.02%	127.58%	22% lower	Turkey
Digital Payments Used	87.19% of adults	71.42% of adults	22% higher	Cyprus
Youth Unemployment Rate	12.71% of youth labor force	16.04% of youth labor force	21% lower	Turkey
Fertility Rate	1.5 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	21% lower	Turkey
GDP Growth Rate	3.9%	3.3%	18% higher	Cyprus
Smoking Rate	35.6%	30.5%	17% higher	Cyprus
Median Age	37.8 years	32.5 years	16% higher	Cyprus
Life Evaluation Score	6.1 pts	5.3 pts	16% higher	Cyprus
Death Rate	7.1 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	15% higher	Cyprus
Merchant Fleet Size	1.0K	1.2K	14% lower	Turkey
Military Spending	1.6% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	14% lower	Turkey
Suicide Rate	3.0 per 100k	2.7 per 100k	12% higher	Cyprus
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.4 hrs/week	42 hrs/week	11% lower	Turkey
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.7K kg oil eq/person	1.8K kg oil eq/person	10% lower	Turkey
Firms with Female Top Manager	8.5% of firms	9.4% of firms	10% lower	Turkey
CO2 Per Capita	5.4 t/person/yr	5.9 t/person/yr	8% lower	Turkey
Insufficient Physical Activity	40.83% of adults	44.39% of adults	8% lower	Turkey
Human Development Index	0.91	0.85	7% higher	Cyprus
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	3.8K kWh/person	3.6K kWh/person	7% higher	Cyprus
Life Expectancy	81.6 years	77.2 years	6% higher	Cyprus
Dependency Ratio	44.28% of working-age pop.	46.48% of working-age pop.	5% lower	Turkey
Tobacco Use Prevalence	32.5% of adults	31.1% of adults	5% higher	Cyprus
Internet Users (%)	91%	87%	5% higher	Cyprus
Electricity Carbon Intensity	489 gCO2/kWh	474.74 gCO2/kWh	3% higher	Cyprus
Hypertension Prevalence	33.9% of adults	33.5% of adults	1% higher	Cyprus
Water Stress (%)	28.59%	28.4%	1% higher	Cyprus
Coal Electricity Share	0%	34.31%	ranked lower	Turkey
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Cyprus
Sanitation Access (%)	99.48%	99.28%	equal	Cyprus
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.04 per 1M people	ranked lower	Turkey
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Cyprus
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.25% of adults	92.54% of adults	equal	Turkey
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-8.1% of GDP	-1.9% of GDP	ranked lower	Turkey
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	-133.82% of GDP	0.86% of GDP	ranked lower	Turkey
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	22 sites	ranked lower	Turkey
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	41 gold medals	ranked lower	Turkey
Border Neighbors	0	8.0	ranked lower	Turkey

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Analysis

Turkey leads in 69 of 125 shared metrics, while Cyprus leads in 56.

Cyprus's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 6.7x that of Turkey (18.01 per 1M people vs 2.3 per 1M people).

Cyprus's Health Spending Per Capita is 6.4x that of Turkey ($2,864.16 vs $385.88).

Cyprus's Spirits Consumption is 5.5x that of Turkey (2.4 L/person/yr vs 0.37 L/person/yr).

Cyprus's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 5.5x that of Turkey (5.0 per 100k people vs 0.77 per 100k people).

Cyprus's Liberal Democracy Index is 5.0x that of Turkey (0.66 vs 0.11).

Key Comparisons

McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Cyprus leads

Cyprus

18.01 per 1M people

Turkey

2.3 per 1M people

Health Spending Per CapitaCyprus leads

Cyprus

$2,864.16

Turkey

$385.88

Spirits ConsumptionCyprus leads

Cyprus

2.4 L/person/yr

Turkey

0.37 L/person/yr

Cyprus

5.0 per 100k people

Turkey

0.77 per 100k people

Liberal Democracy IndexCyprus leads

Cyprus

0.66

Turkey

0.11

Protected Land (%)Cyprus leads

Cyprus

38.6%

Turkey

7.0%

18.01 per 1M people

2.3 per 1M people

Health Spending Per Capita

$2,864.16

$385.88

Spirits Consumption

2.4 L/person/yr

0.37 L/person/yr

5.0 per 100k people

0.77 per 100k people

Liberal Democracy Index

0.66

0.11

Protected Land (%)

38.6%

7.0%

Freedom of Expression Index

0.81

0.18

Seafood Consumption per Person

24.86 kg/person/yr

5.5 kg/person/yr

Alcohol Consumption

6.4 L/adult/yr

1.7 L/adult/yr

Government Debt (% GDP)

97.5% of GDP

26.62% of GDP

Exports (% GDP)

97.02% of GDP

27.57% of GDP

High-Tech Exports (%)

18.03%

5.1%

Imports (% GDP)

93.38% of GDP

27.03% of GDP

Official Languages Count

3.0

1.0

Beer Consumption

1.8 L/person/yr

0.66 L/person/yr

Electoral Democracy Index

0.77

0.29

GNI Per Capita

$32,870

$13,460

Health Spending (% GDP)

8.9% of GDP

3.7% of GDP

Firms Asked for Bribes

5.7% of firms

2.4% of firms

Solar Electricity Share

23.18%

10.53%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Health Spending Per Capita

Spirits Consumption

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Liberal Democracy Index

Protected Land (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Alcohol Consumption

Government Debt (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Official Languages Count

Beer Consumption

Electoral Democracy Index

GNI Per Capita

Health Spending (% GDP)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Solar Electricity Share

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Domestic Patents

Water Withdrawal

Foreign Patents

Air Passengers

Forest Area

Land Area

Irrigated Land

Population

Total CO2 Emissions

All-Time Olympic Medals

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Inflation Rate

Shipping Traffic

Armed Forces Personnel

GDP (Nominal)

Scientific Publications

Tourism Revenue

Land Border Length

Coastline Length

Informal Employment Share

Meat Consumption per Person

Airports

Food Waste per Person

Political Corruption Index

Corruption Perceptions Index

Broadband Access (%)

Capital Elevation

Homicide Rate

Child Mortality

Agricultural Land (%)

Wind Electricity Share

Infant Mortality

Time Zones Count

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Highest Elevation

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Doctors (per 1,000)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Women's Political Empowerment

Education Spending (% GDP)

Renewable Energy (%)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Milk Consumption per Person

Teen Birth Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)