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Cyprus — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Cyprus, 1975–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.74%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +9.4% since 1975
Education spending for Cyprus was 4.74% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 42 years, from 1975 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 7.21% in 2009. The lowest was 3.31% in 1978 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.19% per year.
Cyprus ranks 64 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 37%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Cyprus sits above it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 34% since. Over the last decade (2013–2022) the figure moved down 27%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.74%
First (1975)
4.34%
Change
+9.4%
Highest
7.21%
in 2009
Lowest
3.31%
in 1978
Average
4.84%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.19%
Years of data
42
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.74% |
| 2021 | 5.08% |
| 2020 | 5.56% |
| 2019 | 5.16% |
| 2017 | 5.7% |
| 2016 | 6.12% |
| 2015 | 6.3% |
| 2014 | 6.42% |
| 2013 | 6.47% |
| 2011 | 6.52% |
| 2010 | 6.53% |
| 2009 | 7.21% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.