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2024
global knowledge index
Cyprus
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):46.976
- Population:1,344,976
- HDI:0.907
30/141
Gki
Score
59.9
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Cyprus is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 30th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 30th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Pupil-trained teacher ratio in secondary education
- Average documents per researcher
- Pupil-trained teacher ratio in primary education
- Industrial design applications (per 100 billion GDP)
- Government funding per primary student (% GDP per capita)
Areas of Improvement
- Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
- Tertiary graduates from STEM programmes (%)
- High-technology trade (% total trade)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% GDP)
- Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (%)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
34
75.5
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
79
50.62
Higher
Education
5
62.49
Research, Development
and Innovation
21
45.58
Information and
Communications Technology
26
64.89
Economy
43
59.11
Enabling
Environment
28
70.01
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GKI Pillars
