Gypsum and plaster production rose 35.8% to 472 kt in Cyprus in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, gypsum and plaster production in Cyprus reached an all time high of 472 kt in 2015 and an all time low of 0.772 kt in 1972. When compared to Cyprus's main peers, gypsum and plaster production in Egypt amounted to 850 kt, 661 kt in Greece, 159 kt in Israel and 8,639 kt in Turkey in 2015.
Cyprus has been ranked 34th within the group of 84 countries we follow in terms of gypsum and plaster production, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Gypsum and Plaster Production | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Albania | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 78.0 | 80.0 | 93.2 | 91.0 | 126 | ||
| Bulgaria | kt | 128 | 109 | 115 | 114 | 119 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | kt | 317 | 333 | 335 | 328 | 315 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | kt | ... | ... | ... | 456 | 735 | 966 | 458 | 941 | |||||||||||||
| Greece | kt | 730 | 600 | 590 | 621 | 760 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kt | 13,616 | 11,914 | 14,657 | 14,179 | 17,354 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,026 | 8,277 | 11,350 | 9,424 | 10,462 | |||||
| Israel | kt | 9.15 | 99.7 | 20.4 | 45.4 | 27.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | kt | 304 | 292 | 255 | 275 | 275 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Libya | kt | 250 | 250 | 125 | 150 | 200 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Macedonia | kt | 155 | 143 | 163 | 158 | 163 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | kt | 2,415 | 2,100 | 2,239 | 1,700 | 1,700 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | kt | ... | 30.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 117 | 132 | |||||||||||||||
| Syria | kt | 403 | 405 | 405 | 200 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | kt | 4,370 | 6,322 | 5,723 | 8,248 | 9,790 |