Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cyprus
Cyprus: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9708 LPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cyprus, 2003β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cyprus is 0.9708 LPIA, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cyprus peaked at 0.9744 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.8867 LPIA, in 2003.
Cyprus ranks 48th of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9195 LPIA | 0.8867 LPIA | 0.9355 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.9584 LPIA | 0.9386 LPIA | 0.9707 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9702 LPIA | 0.9673 LPIA | 0.9744 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More education data for Cyprus
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5,389 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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, per capita 0.004 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cyprus?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Cyprus was 0.9708 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9744 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8867 LPIA in 2003.
- How does Cyprus rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Cyprus ranks 48th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release