Central government expense in Cyprus

Central government expense in Cyprus was equal to 38.5% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Cyprus, 2023 38.5% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +2.3percentage points 2022: 36.2%
European Union, 2022 39.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Cyprus (2023).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 38.5% Middle value of 19 countries

Central government expense in Cyprus over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period CyprusEuropean Union
2023 38.5% –
2022 36.2% 39.3%
2021 40.7% 41.1%
2020 43.7% 42.2%
2019 38.5% 36.4%
2018 40.3% 36.6%
2017 36.8% 37.0%
2016 38.1% 37.4%
2015 41.7% 37.8%
2014 50.9% 38.6%
2013 44.9% 39.1%
2012 52.6% 39.1%
2011 41.9% 38.1%
2010 40.6% 39.6%
2009 40.8% 39.4%
2008 38.0% 36.2%
2007 37.3% 35.4%
2006 38.0% 35.9%
2005 38.5% 36.5%
2004 37.5% 36.7%
2003 38.9% 38.2%
2002 35.5% 37.9%
2001 33.9% 37.7%
2000 33.3% 37.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.3 percentage points from 36.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 44.9%, the figure has changed by −6.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1975 to 2023 for Cyprus
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics