Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Cyprus
Cyprus: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 45.3% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Cyprus, 1999β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 45.3% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Cyprus peaked at 45.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 1999.
That places Cyprus 20th out of 128 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.7% | 9.7% | 9.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 22.5% | 10.2% | 29.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 29.4% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.3% | 41.0% | 45.3% | 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Cyprus?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Cyprus was 45.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 45.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 1999.
- How does Cyprus rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Cyprus ranks 20th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release