Cyprus
EDRIX Score
5.59
Tier
Specialized Contender
EDRIX Pillar Scores (normalized 0–10)
Raw metrics
The underlying values before min-max normalization across the EU27.
| GitHub developers (per-capita index) | 4.72 |
| Linux share on desktops and laptops | 3.05% |
| Sovereign browser share (Firefox + Opera) | 9.78% |
| Domain sovereignty rating — all (national TLD) | 0.524 |
| Domain sovereignty rating — public sector | 0.556 |
Cyprus scores 5.56, anchored by exceptional per-capita developer density (4.72 — top-3 in EU27, reflecting its outsized financial-services / IT sector relative to population). Private-sector hosting is solid (.cy raw 0.53). The weakness is grassroots — the EU's lowest sovereign browser share at 9.78%.
Strengths
- Third-highest per-capita developer density in the EU — 4.72.
- Solid
.cyprivate-sector hosting — raw rating 0.53.
Weaknesses
- Lowest sovereign browser share in the EU — 9.78% Firefox + Opera, well below the EU27 mean. Cypriot desktop users skew strongly toward Chrome/Safari.
- Linux desktop share of 3.05% — second-lowest in the EU27 after Malta.
Outlook
Cyprus's structural strength is the IT-services sector concentrated in Limassol and Nicosia. The grassroots-adoption weakness reflects a mostly-business-laptop installed base running Windows/macOS. Hard to move without a cultural shift.
Historical context
2020 baseline
In 2020, Cyprus was a "laggard" at the bottom of the index, with minimal digitalization and no formal government policies for digital sovereignty or open source.
2024 progression
Cyprus has matured significantly. The Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy (DMRID) now leads digital policy, and the 2022 National Policy for Open Science Practices encourages the release of OSS from public research.
Historical reference
OSOR Fact Sheet (PDF, 2024) — the country-level Open Source policy report used by the retired Public Policy pillar in EDRIX 1.0.