Cyprus - Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in Cyprus was 32.75 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 46.86 in 1971, while its lowest value was 27.31 in 2005.

Definition: Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 46.40
1971 46.86
1972 44.87
1973 44.28
1974 43.33
1975 42.92
1976 41.88
1977 40.81
1978 40.47
1979 38.93
1980 37.57
1981 35.35
1982 35.42
1984 35.85
1985 35.61
1986 35.99
1987 36.79
1988 36.17
1989 35.53
1990 35.80
1991 36.47
1992 35.01
1993 34.11
1994 33.73
1995 33.66
1999 31.24
2000 27.57
2001 31.16
2002 29.64
2003 27.95
2004 27.51
2005 27.31
2006 27.79
2007 28.15
2008 27.78
2009 27.70
2010 31.01
2011 31.32
2013 30.60
2014 31.53
2015 32.21
2016 32.75

Development Relevance: The share of government expenditure for a specific education level allows an assessment of the priority a government assigns to a level of education relative to other levels. Enrolment and the relative costs per student between different levels of education should be also taken into account.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The share of expenditure on primary education to total government expenditure on education is calculated by dividing government expenditure on primary education by total government expenditure on education (all levels combined), and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs