Cyprus

Narrative updated for the September 2026 edition.

Cyprus stays 15th at 5.65 (June: 5.59). Developer density is the EU's third-highest (4.91, pillar 8.16) and private-sector hosting scores 7.52 (10th) on a small sample of 180 measured .cy domains, 68% of them hosted outside the EU (Cloudflare 46%). Grassroots adoption is second-lowest (1.35): desktop Linux at 3.09% and a 9.89% sovereign browser share, both 26th. All three official websites are served by Microsoft; Nicosia's email runs on Microsoft too.

Strengths

Developer ecosystem (8.16, 3rd).
Private-sector hosting (7.52, 10th), on a small sample.

Weaknesses

Grassroots adoption (1.35, 26th).
Official websites on Microsoft. www.gov.cy and www.presidency.gov.cy rate 0.67, www.nicosia.org.cy 0.33.
Email. 65% of the measured sample routes email outside the EU.

Outlook

Cyprus's public pillar (5.56) is held down by one provider choice repeated three times. Domestic web hosting for the three official sites would lift it close to 9.

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.

Référence historique

Fiche OSOR (PDF, 2024) — le rapport de politique Open Source par pays, utilisé dans le pilier Politiques publiques retiré d'EDRIX 1.0.

Développeurs GitHub (indice par habitant)	4.90
Part de Linux sur les ordinateurs de bureau et portables	3.09%
Part des navigateurs souverains (Firefox + Opera)	9.89%
Note de souveraineté des domaines — tous (TLD national)	0.523
Note de souveraineté des domaines — secteur public	0.556

Scores des piliers EDRIX (normalisés 0–10)

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