Education in Cyprus

3,339 indicators covering education for Cyprus.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of repeaters in all grades of primary education 137 2024 up 101.5% 56th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.3% 2024 down 37.0% 99th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 6.9% 2024 up 14.2% 84th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 0.3% 2024 down 22.9% 108th
Share of young women vs. men who are not in education, employment or training 14.6% 2023 down 13.9% 72nd
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 96.7% 2022 up 10.5% 43rd
Initial government funding per primary student, constant PPP$ 15,148 2022 up 4.9% 11th
Percentage of enrolments in private schools of primary education 14.05 2024 up 75.3% 20th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, both 0 2019 — 7th
Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 9.5% 2023 down 45.0% 105th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education 0 2019 — 7th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 97.4% 2022 up 6.4% 32nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 68.2% 2023 up 16.8% 35th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 96.3% 2022 up 7.3% 32nd
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 2.6% 2022 down 69.0% 98th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 19 2024 up 137.5% 74th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage 1.0% 2022 down 26.2% 38th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.8232 GPIA 2023 down 17.1% 78th
Official entrance age to early childhood educational development 0 years 2025 — 43rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 2 2024 down 75.0% 35th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.5% 2024 up 9.2% 21st
Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development 3 years 2025 unchanged 12th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2019 — 7th
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 3.7% 2022 down 63.8% 96th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 98.5% 2023 up 1.1% 42nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.0% 2024 down 28.9% 39th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 68.9% 2023 up 12.2% 39th
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 3.3% 2022 down 73.5% 86th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 80.7% 2023 up 8.1% 35th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 81.5% 2023 up 5.9% 35th
Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 2025 unchanged 59th
Duration of compulsory education in years 10 2025 unchanged 30th
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 9 2025 unchanged 43rd
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education 100.0% 2017 — 1st
Initial government funding per tertiary student as a percentage of 13.6% 2022 down 61.6% 101st
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 25.3% 2018 up 135.9% 62nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 80.0% 2023 up 10.2% 32nd
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 34.2% 2024 down 10.6% 64th
Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 34.2% 2024 down 10.6% 64th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 97.7% 2023 up 2.4% 47th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.4% 2024 down 34.2% 104th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.2% 2024 down 44.8% 91st
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 67.5% 2023 up 21.7% 33rd
Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 7,677 2022 down 51.9% 45th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.1% 2018 up 214.4% 61st
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 96.9% 2023 up 3.6% 47th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.982 GPIA 2023 up 4.0% 46th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.5% 2024 down 69.3% 89th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 12.44 2020 up 8.7% 29th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.8% 2018 up 332.5% 74th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.2% 2018 up 17.2% 58th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.5% 2018 down 32.1% 74th
Capital expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 25.6% 2017 up 55.1% 11th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.9797 GPIA 2023 up 8.5% 48th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9835 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% 58th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 26.9% 2018 up 83.8% 66th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 23.6% 2018 up 256.7% 55th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 1.14 GPI 2018 down 48.5% 80th
Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 30.9% 2022 down 17.7% 11th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 87.5% 2022 up 1.3% 20th