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, 2016

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 2016's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue: $8.44B · 40.1% of GDP
Spending: $8.34B · 39.6% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−): $95.19M · 0.5% of GDP

What the money is spent on

Cyprus, 2016: spending by function, as a share of all spending

Cyprus, 2016: spending by function, as a share of all spending
Row	Value (%)	Note
Social protection	38.2	$3.19B
General public services	19.8	$1.65B
Education	13.8	$1.15B
Economic affairs	6.6	$550.24M
Health	6.3	$525.56M
Public order and safety	4.1	$342.03M
Defence	3.9	$323.55M
Housing and community amenities	3.6	$303.84M
Recreation, culture and religion	2.2	$181.42M
Environmental protection	1.5	$127.85M

Social protection$3.19B

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Old age	51.8	$1.65B
Family and children	19.7	$628.72M
Social exclusion n.e.c.	9.7	$309.27M
Survivors	9.6	$306.61M
Unemployment	5.1	$161.5M
Sickness and disability	3.4	$109.58M
Social protection n.e.c.	0.7	$21.7M
Housing	0	$553.45K
R&D Social protection	0	$0

General public services$1.65B

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	43.3	$714.28M
Public debt transactions	32.4	$534.41M
General services	17.2	$284.47M
Basic research	5.6	$92.09M
General public services n.e.c.	1	$17.16M
R&D General public services	0.4	$7.08M
Foreign economic aid	0	$0
Transfers of a general character between different levels of government	0	$0

Education$1.15B

Education, in detail, as a share of it

Education, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Secondary education	35.3	$404.9M
Pre-primary and primary education	32	$366.94M
Tertiary education	15.7	$179.87M
Education not definable by level	8.3	$95.75M
Subsidiary services to education	5.3	$61.21M
Education n.e.c.	3.1	$35.64M
R&D Education	0.2	$2.44M
Post-secondary non-tertiary education	0.1	$1.66M

Economic affairs$550.24M

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	28.7	$158.18M
Transport	23.4	$128.62M
Other industries	16.3	$89.66M
General economic, commercial and labour affairs	12.2	$67.3M
Fuel and energy	10.6	$58.22M
Communication	4.7	$26.12M
R&D Economic affairs	3.3	$18.37M
Mining, manufacturing and construction	0.7	$3.76M
Economic affairs n.e.c.	0	$0

Health$525.56M

Health, in detail, as a share of it

Health, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Hospital services	72.3	$380.11M
Medical products, appliances and equipment	22.2	$116.67M
Outpatient services	3.5	$18.49M
R&D Health	1.1	$5.65M
Health n.e.c.	0.6	$3.21M
Public health services	0.3	$1.44M

Public order and safety$342.03M

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	78.7	$269.09M
Fire-protection services	8.5	$29M
Law courts	7.4	$25.46M
Prisons	4.6	$15.83M
Public order and safety n.e.c.	0.8	$2.66M
R&D Public order and safety	0	$0

Defence$323.55M

Defence, in detail, as a share of it

Defence, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Military defence	92.4	$299.08M
Foreign military aid	5.9	$18.93M
Civil defence	1.7	$5.53M
R&D Defence	0	$0
Defence n.e.c.	0	$0

Housing and community amenities$303.84M

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
Water supply	45	$136.7M
Community development	40.1	$121.76M
Housing development	8.7	$26.57M
Housing and community amenities n.e.c.	4.5	$13.73M
Street lighting	1.7	$5.09M
R&D Housing and community amenities	0	$0

Recreation, culture and religion$181.42M

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	32.2	$58.44M
Cultural services	28.7	$52.02M
Broadcasting and publishing services	23.7	$42.95M
Religious and other community services	14.6	$26.57M
R&D Recreation, culture and religion	0.8	$1.44M
Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.	0	$0

Environmental protection$127.85M

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Waste water management	59.9	$76.6M
Waste management	32.6	$41.62M
Pollution abatement	6.6	$8.41M
Protection of biodiversity and landscape	1	$1.22M
R&D Environmental protection	0	$0
Environmental protection n.e.c.	0	$0

Where the money comes from

Cyprus, 2016: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue

Cyprus, 2016: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Row	Value (%)	Note
Taxes on sales, production and imports	37.1	$3.13B
Social contributions	25.1	$2.12B
Taxes on income and wealth	23.1	$1.95B
Sales, fees and charges	7.9	$669.01M
Other transfers received	3.4	$287.24M
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)	2.6	$219.06M
Capital transfers and taxes received	0.7	$61.88M
Subsidies received	0	$0

Taxes on sales, production and imports$3.13B

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	58.5		$1.83B
Not broken down, or fitting no category	41.5		$1.3B

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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