Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)

Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Status	Proto Independent State
Social and Moral Index	66th best
Capital	Nicosia
Land Area
Location	Asia
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 Codes	CY, CYP, 1961
Internet Domain	.nc.tr2
Currency	Lira (TRY)3
Telephone	+4

1. Northern Cyprus National and Social Development
2. Northern Cyprus's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance
3. Religion and Beliefs
4. Links

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1. Northern Cyprus National and Social Development

#human_development

Social & Moral Development Index5
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank5
1	Denmark	24.9
2	Norway	25.3
3	Sweden	27.7
	...
63	Jamaica	77.1
64	Tunisia	77.9
65	Seychelles	79.1
66	Northern Cyprus	79.1
67	Thailand	79.2
68	Dominica	79.3
69	Grenada	79.7
70	Turkey	79.7
	Asia Avg	92.0
	World Avg	89.9
q=199.

The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: Which are the Best Countries in the World? The Social and Moral Development Index.

2. Northern Cyprus's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance

#equality #freedom #gender_equality #human_rights #mass_media #morals #politics #prejudice #tolerance

Compared to Asia (2025)6
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank6
1	Japan	34.5
2	Cyprus	40.5
3	Taiwan	43.7
	...
8	Georgia	76.4
9	Armenia	78.5
10	Philippines	79.6
11	Northern Cyprus	82.3
12	Singapore	83.1
13	Turkey	87.4
14	Sri Lanka	89.6
15	Thailand	90.0
16	India	93.0
	Asia Avg	103.0
q=52.

Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2025)6
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank6
1	Sweden	6.1
2	Denmark	8.6
3	Norway	9.0
	...
91	Suriname	81.5
92	Guatemala	81.5
93	Nauru	82.3
94	Northern Cyprus	82.3
95	Singapore	83.1
96	Senegal	84.7
97	Grenada	86.1
98	Botswana	86.8
	World Avg	86.6
q=199.

The best countries in the world at ensuring human rights, fostering equality and promoting tolerance, are Sweden, Denmark and Norway₇. These countries are displaying the best traits that humanity has to offer. The worst countries are Somalia, N. Korea and Afghanistan₇.

21 datasets are used to calculate points for each country, including multiple decades of data on supporting press freedom, eliminating modern slavery, supporting personal, civil & economic freedoms, its average Freedom in the World rating, commentary in Human Rights Watch reports, its nominal commitment to Human Rights, speed of uptake of HR treaties, opposing gender inequality, the rate of gender bias (from 7 indicators), the year from which women could participate in democracy, its success in fighting anti-semitic prejudice, LGBT equality and freethought. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe₇, whereas the worst are Africa, The Middle East and Asia₇.

For more, see:

• " Which are the Best Countries for Human Rights, Equality and Tolerance?" by Vexen Crabtree (2025).

Human Rights & Tolerance:

Press Freedom Higher is better8
Pos.		20258
1	Norway	92.31
2	Estonia	89.46
3	Netherlands	88.64
	...
87	Malaysia	56.09
88	Greece	55.37
89	Nepal	55.20
90	Northern Cyprus	54.84
91	Benin	54.60
92	Bolivia	54.09
93	Ecuador	53.76
94	Tanzania	53.68
	Asia Avg	39.69
	World Avg	54.65
q=179.

Freedom in the World Lower is better
Pos.		2024 Score
1=	Norway	1.0
1=	Canada	1.0
1=	Cape Verde	1.0
	...
148	Tanzania	5.5
149=	Kuwait	5.5
149=	Iraq	5.5
149=	Northern Cyprus	5.5
149=	Puerto Rico	5.5
149=	Oman	5.5
149=	S. Ossetia	5.5
149=	Hong Kong	5.5
	Asia Avg	5.0
	World Avg	3.7
q=205.

3. Religion and Beliefs

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems
• Secularisation Theory: Will Modern Society Reject Religion? What is Secularism?

There isn't much information in the database for Northern Cyprus, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.