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Cyprus

#63 globally

Europe

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#34 in Europe

↑Positive(+2)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

44/100
↑Positive(+2)
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

42/100
Early Adoption

Cyprus is deploying AI roughly in line with its readiness capacity.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure9/20
Talent9/20
Governance9/20
Investment9/20
Economic Readiness8/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Early Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
8/20
Enterprise AdoptionStrongest
9/20
Talent DemandWeakest
8/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
9/20
R&D PipelineWeakest
8/20

Financial services and tourism tech drive AI adoption in this EU island economy.

Trajectory Outlook

46
/100

by 2028

44 now→+2 pts
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Top Accelerator

Influx of Israeli and Russian tech companies post-2022 creating an unexpectedly dense AI talent cluster in Limassol

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Top Risk

Political division (northern Cyprus) and small domestic market constraining long-term ecosystem scale and governance normalisation

Pillar Detail

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

◉Development Phase

Cyprus is in the Development Phase

Scaling infrastructure and talent pipelines. Projected score by 2028: 46/100.

2028 Timeline

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Now

Score 44

2

2025–26

Talent pipeline scaling to 1,000+ AI graduates/yr

3

2026–27

AI regulation framework published

4

2028

Domestic AI investment exceeds 0.5% GDP

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

⬠Economic Readiness
8/20
Near

Streamline business registration to under 3 days; digitise government services

Mid

Negotiate AI services trade agreements; join WTO plurilateral digital trade talks

⬡Digital Infrastructure
9/20
Near

Extend rural connectivity and reduce mobile data costs below $2/GB

Mid

Build national data centre capacity and connect to international internet exchanges

◈AI Talent
9/20
Near

Create fast-track AI visa pathway; incentivise diaspora return

Mid

Fund 500 PhD fellowships in ML, data science, and AI safety per year

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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