Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cyprus
Cyprus: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cyprus, 1975–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 4.7% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2022.
The figure is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cyprus peaked at 7.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 1978.
Cyprus ranks 72nd of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.6% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 5 |
| 1980s | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 7 |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 5.0% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.2% | 6.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More education data for Cyprus
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,389 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.38 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 105.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cyprus?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cyprus was 4.7% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2009.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 1978.
- How does Cyprus rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Cyprus ranks 72nd out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.