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Cyprus
Cyprus issues compulsory biometric ID cards under EU rules. As a euro-area state it is covered by the ECB digital euro project, with a pilot planned for 2027 and possible first issuance in 2029 if EU law is adopted. No Cyprus-specific pushback was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Cyprus
- Program
- Cypriot biometric identity card (EU format); Digital Citizen
- Status
- Available, partial uptake
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- EU Regulation 2019/1157 (card format)
Cyprus has issued biometric cards since February 2015, and cards meeting EU Regulation 2019/1157 since August 2020. Holding a card is compulsory from age 12. The Digital Citizen app was not confirmed from the sources opened. The EU digital identity wallet rollout in Cyprus was not confirmed.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- In development
- Name
- Digital euro
In October 2025 the ECB Governing Council moved the project to its next phase. A pilot is planned for 2027 and readiness for possible first issuance during 2029, assuming EU legislation is adopted in 2026. No issuance decision has been taken.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-07Rolling it out
The ECB published draft scheme rulebook v0.91 and a call for pilot merchants. European Central Bank — Digital euro ↗
- 2025-10Rolling it out
The ECB Governing Council moved the digital euro to its next phase. European Central Bank — Digital euro ↗
UN and WHO
How Cyprus has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 75.3 · rank 46 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the -3 adds up
- -1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
- -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
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