Cyprus — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Cyprus, 1975–2022.
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%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 21 of 45 economies; Slovak Republic (4.66%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 28% in 1999. That is 17% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 27th of 54 in 1975 → 40th of 63 in 1980 → 29th of 50 in 1990 → 32nd of 116 in 2000 → 15th of 130 in 2010 → 37th of 157 in 2020 → 53rd of 150 in 2022.
Key figures
Full history — 1975 to 2022
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.74% | -0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 5.08% | -0.5 pp |
| 2020 | 5.56% | +0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 5.16% | -0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 5.7% | -0.4 pp |
| 2016 | 6.12% | -0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 6.3% | -0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 6.42% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 6.47% | -0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 6.52% | -0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 6.53% | -0.7 pp |
| 2009 | 7.21% | +0.5 pp |
| 2008 | 6.72% | +0.4 pp |
| 2007 | 6.28% | -0.0 pp |
| 2006 | 6.33% | +0.0 pp |
| 2005 | 6.29% | +0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 6.12% | -0.6 pp |
| 2003 | 6.67% | +1.1 pp |
| 2002 | 5.58% | +0.5 pp |
| 2001 | 5.12% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 4.99% | +0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 4.77% | +1.0 pp |
| 1995 | 3.74% | -0.4 pp |
| 1994 | 4.16% | +0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 4.1% | +0.3 pp |
| 1992 | 3.78% | +0.2 pp |
| 1991 | 3.58% | +0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 3.34% | -0.0 pp |
| 1989 | 3.38% | +0.0 pp |
| 1988 | 3.38% | -0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 3.45% | -0.0 pp |
| 1986 | 3.49% | -0.1 pp |
| 1985 | 3.59% | -0.0 pp |
| 1984 | 3.6% | -0.1 pp |
| 1982 | 3.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 1981 | 3.79% | +0.4 pp |
| 1980 | 3.43% | +0.1 pp |
| 1979 | 3.35% | +0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 3.31% | -0.1 pp |
| 1977 | 3.39% | -0.4 pp |
| 1976 | 3.82% | -0.5 pp |
| 1975 | 4.34% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cyprus’s Education spending in 1976?
3.82% (1976). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cyprus’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1975 and 2022 the series was growing overall: +9.4% in total — about 0.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2022: 4.74%; 2021: 5.08%; 2020: 5.56%; 2019: 5.16%; 2017: 5.7%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.