Retail sales in Cyprus rose by 8.7% year-on-year in July 2025 from 8.2% in the previous month. Sales accelerated for food, beverages, and tobacco in non-specialized stores (8.4% vs 6.9% in June), food, beverages, and tobacco in specialized stores (19.8% vs 13.4%), clothing and footwear (15.7% vs 9.5%), flowers, plants, watches, jewelry, optical goods, second-hand goods (7.8% vs 7.5%) and retail sales not in stores (4.9% vs 4.1%). In contrast, sales moderated for other household equipment (6.6% vs 9.6%), automotive fuel (3.4% vs 8.0%), pharmaceuticals, orthopedic goods, and cosmetics (5.1% vs 6.2%), and information and communication equipment (12.9% vs 18.8%). On a year-to-date basis, retail sales advanced by 7.2%. source: Ministry of Finance, Cyprus

Retail Sales in Cyprus increased 8.70 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Cyprus averaged 1.53 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 55.60 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -33.00 percent in March of 2013. This page provides the latest reported value for - Cyprus Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Cyprus Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.

Retail Sales in Cyprus increased 8.70 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Cyprus is expected to be 5.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Cyprus Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.70 percent in 2026 and 3.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-08-01 09:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jun 8.2% 10.0% 9.4%
2025-09-02 09:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jul 8.7% 8.2% 7.0%
2025-10-02 09:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Aug 8.7%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Confidence -13.30 -19.10 points Aug 2025
Consumer Spending 4435.40 4384.20 EUR Million Jun 2025
Gasoline Prices 1.57 1.59 USD/Liter Aug 2025
Households Debt to Income 97.14 105.16 percent Dec 2023
Personal Savings 9.85 12.28 percent Dec 2023
Retail Sales MoM 3.70 1.70 percent Jul 2025
Retail Sales YoY 8.70 8.20 percent Jul 2025

Cyprus Retail Sales YoY
In Cyprus, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
8.70 8.20 55.60 -33.00 2001 - 2025 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, NSA

News Stream
Cyprus Retail Trade Rises in July
Retail sales in Cyprus rose by 8.7% year-on-year in July 2025 from 8.2% in the previous month. Sales accelerated for food, beverages, and tobacco in non-specialized stores (8.4% vs 6.9% in June), food, beverages, and tobacco in specialized stores (19.8% vs 13.4%), clothing and footwear (15.7% vs 9.5%), flowers, plants, watches, jewelry, optical goods, second-hand goods (7.8% vs 7.5%) and retail sales not in stores (4.9% vs 4.1%). In contrast, sales moderated for other household equipment (6.6% vs 9.6%), automotive fuel (3.4% vs 8.0%), pharmaceuticals, orthopedic goods, and cosmetics (5.1% vs 6.2%), and information and communication equipment (12.9% vs 18.8%). On a year-to-date basis, retail sales advanced by 7.2%.
2025-09-02
Cyprus Retail Sales Growth Eases in June
Retail sales in Cyprus increased by 8.2% year-on-year in June 2025, slowing from a three-year high of 10% in the previous month. The slowdown was primarily driven by moderated sales in food, beverages, and tobacco in non-specialized stores (6.9% vs 9.2% in May), automotive fuel (8% vs 8.8%), other household equipment (9.6% vs 11.4%), clothing and footwear (9.5% vs 14.7%), pharmaceuticals, orthopedic goods, and cosmetics (6.2% vs 7.6%), flowers, plants, watches, jewelry, optical goods, and second-hand goods (7.5% vs 10.5%), and retail sales not in stores (4.1% vs 23.2%). Additionally, sales declined for cultural and recreation goods (-0.2% vs 0%). Meanwhile, sales accelerated for food, beverages, and tobacco in specialized stores (13.4% vs 9.5%) and information and communication equipment (18.8% vs 12.3%). On a year-to-date basis, retail sales advanced by 6.9%.
2025-08-01
Cyprus Retail Sales Growth Highest Since 2022
Retail sales in Cyprus grew by 10.0% year-on-year in May 2025 from 6.3% in the previous month. This marked the strongest growth in retail activity since May 2022, driven by higher sales in food, beverage and tobacco in non-specialised stores (9.2% vs 7.5% in April), clothing and footwear (14.7% vs 12.2%), information and communication equipment (12.3% vs 7.9%) and pharmaceuticals, orthopedic goods, and cosmetics (7.6% vs 4.0%). Additionally, sales rebounded significantly for other household equipment (11.4% vs -3.1%). In contrast, trade slowed for flowers, plants, watches, jewelry, optical goods, and second-hand goods (10.5% vs 12.7%). On a year-to-date basis, retail sales advanced by 6.7%.
2025-07-01