Public budgets

Cyprus: public budget

What Cyprus's government raised and what it spent it on, from the figures its own budget laws or a statistics office publish. Solon places every figure on the same international classification, so it can be compared with any other place.

General government, 2015

Outturn: what came in and was spent

General government: central, state and local government and social security funds together, consolidated so that money passed between them is counted once, as Eurostat's government finance statistics (ESA 2010) count it.

Amounts in USD, converted from EUR at 2015's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue: $8.43B · 42.3% of GDP
Spending: $8.58B · 43.1% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−): -$152.89M · -0.8% of GDP

What the money is spent on

Cyprus, 2015: spending by function, as a share of all spending

Cyprus, 2015: spending by function, as a share of all spending
Row	Value (%)	Note
Social protection	36.6	$3.14B
General public services	21	$1.81B
Education	13	$1.12B
Economic affairs	8.2	$702.87M
Health	5.9	$505.49M
Housing and community amenities	4.1	$355.37M
Public order and safety	3.9	$338.29M
Defence	3.4	$293.24M
Recreation, culture and religion	2.1	$180.07M
Environmental protection	1.7	$145.12M

Social protection$3.14B

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Old age	52.8	$1.66B
Family and children	18.5	$579.05M
Social exclusion n.e.c.	9.6	$302.23M
Survivors	9.5	$297.57M
Unemployment	5.6	$174.52M
Sickness and disability	3.4	$106.62M
Social protection n.e.c.	0.7	$22.19M
Housing	0	$554.75K
R&D Social protection	0	$0

General public services$1.81B

General public services, in detail, as a share of it

General public services, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Executive and legislative organs, financial and fiscal affairs, external affairs	45.2	$815.26M
Public debt transactions	32.6	$588.92M
General services	15.6	$280.81M
Basic research	5.3	$95.86M
General public services n.e.c.	1	$17.42M
R&D General public services	0.4	$6.88M
Foreign economic aid	0	$0
Transfers of a general character between different levels of government	0	$0

Education$1.12B

Education, in detail, as a share of it

Education, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Secondary education	36.4	$406.52M
Pre-primary and primary education	32.4	$361.92M
Tertiary education	15.3	$170.75M
Education not definable by level	8.6	$95.53M
Subsidiary services to education	5.1	$57.03M
Education n.e.c.	2	$22.86M
Post-secondary non-tertiary education	0.1	$1.55M
R&D Education	0	$0

Economic affairs$702.87M

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
General economic, commercial and labour affairs	35.7	$250.86M
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	19.2	$135.03M
Transport	17	$119.38M
Other industries	12.1	$85.1M
Fuel and energy	8.5	$59.91M
Communication	3.9	$27.18M
R&D Economic affairs	3	$20.86M
Mining, manufacturing and construction	0.5	$3.44M
Economic affairs n.e.c.	0.2	$1.11M

Health$505.49M

Health, in detail, as a share of it

Health, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Hospital services	72.1	$364.25M
Medical products, appliances and equipment	22.3	$112.5M
Outpatient services	3.7	$18.53M
R&D Health	1.1	$5.77M
Health n.e.c.	0.6	$3.22M
Public health services	0.2	$1.22M

Housing and community amenities$355.37M

Housing and community amenities, in detail, as a share of it

Housing and community amenities, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Community development	42.9	$152.56M
Water supply	42.4	$150.56M
Housing development	9.3	$33.06M
Housing and community amenities n.e.c.	4.4	$15.53M
Street lighting	1	$3.66M
R&D Housing and community amenities	0	$0

Public order and safety$338.29M

Public order and safety, in detail, as a share of it

Public order and safety, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Police services	78.4	$265.17M
Fire-protection services	9.6	$32.62M
Law courts	7.1	$23.97M
Prisons	4.2	$14.2M
Public order and safety n.e.c.	0.7	$2.33M
R&D Public order and safety	0	$0

Defence$293.24M

Defence, in detail, as a share of it

Defence, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Military defence	92.5	$271.27M
Foreign military aid	5.9	$17.2M
Civil defence	1.6	$4.77M
R&D Defence	0	$0
Defence n.e.c.	0	$0

Recreation, culture and religion$180.07M

Recreation, culture and religion, in detail, as a share of it

Recreation, culture and religion, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Recreational and sporting services	35.7	$64.35M
Cultural services	29.3	$52.7M
Broadcasting and publishing services	21.6	$38.94M
Religious and other community services	12.5	$22.52M
R&D Recreation, culture and religion	0.9	$1.55M
Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.	0	$0

Environmental protection$145.12M

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Waste water management	63.8	$92.64M
Waste management	33.3	$48.37M
Pollution abatement	1.9	$2.77M
Protection of biodiversity and landscape	0.9	$1.33M
R&D Environmental protection	0	$0
Environmental protection n.e.c.	0	$0

Where the money comes from

Cyprus, 2015: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue

Cyprus, 2015: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Row	Value (%)	Note
Taxes on sales, production and imports	35.5	$2.99B
Social contributions	24.9	$2.1B
Taxes on income and wealth	23.2	$1.96B
Sales, fees and charges	7.9	$669.25M
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)	4	$334.51M
Other transfers received	3.2	$267.17M
Capital transfers and taxes received	1.3	$111.5M
Subsidies received	0	$0

Taxes on sales, production and imports$2.99B

Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it

Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Share	Note
Value added tax	55.9		$1.67B
Not broken down, or fitting no category	44.1		$1.32B

Over the years

Cyprus: revenue and spending, 1995–2025

Cyprus: revenue and spending, 1995–2025
Period	Revenue (% of GDP)	Spending (% of GDP)
1,995	32.2	32.5
1,996	32	34.4
1,997	31.5	35.9
1,998	32.7	35.9
1,999	32.4	35.9
2,000	34.6	36.4
2,001	35.4	37.1
2,002	35.1	38.9
2,003	37.2	42.9
2,004	37.3	40.9
2,005	39.4	41.5
2,006	40	41
2,007	43.3	40.1
2,008	41.5	40.8
2,009	39.3	44.9
2,010	39.4	44.5
2,011	39	44.9
2,012	39.4	54.6
2,013	40.7	46.3
2,014	43.3	52.1
2,015	42.3	43.1
2,016	40.1	39.6
2,017	40.6	38.5
2,018	40.9	44.3
2,019	41.3	40.3
2,020	40.3	45.9
2,021	41.1	42.7
2,022	40.4	37.7
2,023	42.3	40.6
2,024	42.5	38.3
2,025	41.5

Where these figures come from

Series read from Eurostat, government finance statistics (gov_10a_main, gov_10a_exp) on 2026-11-11.

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