{"id":195007,"date":"2026-10-21T17:34:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/?p=195007"},"modified":"2026-10-21T17:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:34:34","slug":"cyprus-verified-2025-fiscal-surplus-reaches-e1-36-billion-as-public-debt-drops-to-52-3-of-gdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/cyprus-verified-2025-fiscal-surplus-reaches-e1-36-billion-as-public-debt-drops-to-52-3-of-gdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus Verified 2025 Fiscal Surplus Reaches \u20ac1.36 Billion as Public Debt Drops to 52.3% of GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following official audit and verification under the European Commission\u2019s Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP), Cyprus recorded a final fiscal surplus of \u20ac1,360.2 million for 2025. According to data released by the Statistical Service, the audited surplus represents 3.6% of GDP, while total public debt stood at \u20ac20,053.2 million, or 52.3% of GDP.<\/p>\n

Core Public Finance Indicators (2025 vs. 2024)<\/h3>\n

Both state revenues and public outlays expanded during the year, driven by strong income tax collections, social security contributions, and a significant boost in capital investments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Metric<\/strong><\/td>\n2025<\/strong><\/td>\n2024<\/strong><\/td>\nAbsolute Shift<\/strong><\/td>\nPercentage Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Total Revenue<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\u20ac15,895.2M<\/td>\n\u20ac14,755.4M<\/td>\n+\u20ac1,139.8M<\/td>\n+7.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Expenditure<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\u20ac14,535.0M<\/td>\n\u20ac13,310.4M<\/td>\n+\u20ac1,224.6M<\/td>\n+9.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fiscal Surplus<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\u20ac1,360.2M<\/td>\n\u20ac1,445.0M<\/td>\n-\u20ac84.8M<\/td>\n3.6% of GDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Debt<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\u20ac20,053.2M<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n52.3% of GDP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Revenue Stream Breakdown<\/h3>\n

State income grew by \u20ac1.14 billion in 2025, supported by broad gains in direct taxation, social contributions, and state asset returns:<\/p>\n

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    Social Security Contributions:<\/b> Increased 8.4% (+\u20ac379.8M) to reach \u20ac4,899.8 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Production & Import Taxes:<\/b> Rose 1.4% (+\u20ac67.4M) to \u20ac4,750.2 million, despite net VAT receipts edging down 0.5% (-\u20ac16.0M) to \u20ac3,153.6 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Income & Wealth Taxes:<\/b> Expanded 10.0% (+\u20ac379.1M) to \u20ac4,183.8 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Sales of Goods & Services:<\/b> Surged 18.1% (+\u20ac161.7M) to \u20ac1,056.1 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Other Current Transfers:<\/b> Rose 21.4% (+\u20ac84.6M) to \u20ac480.1 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Capital Transfers:<\/b> Increased 7.6% (+\u20ac25.7M) to \u20ac362.6 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Property Income Receivable:<\/b> Advanced 34.3% (+\u20ac41.5M) to \u20ac162.6 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Expenditure Breakdown and Capital Investments<\/h3>\n

    Government outlays expanded by 9.2% overall, with capital spending posting the sharpest growth rate across all expenditure categories:<\/p>\n

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      Social Transfers:<\/b> Climbed 5.3% (+\u20ac283.0M) to \u20ac5,586.9 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Compensation of Employees:<\/b> Rose 7.6% (+\u20ac295.3M) to \u20ac4,173.5 million (including civil service pensions and social contributions).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Capital Expenditure:<\/b> Jumped 46.4% (+\u20ac558.3M) to \u20ac1,761.2 million (comprising \u20ac1,214.9M in gross capital formation and \u20ac546.3M in other capital items).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Intermediate Consumption:<\/b> Increased 6.6% (+\u20ac98.5M) to \u20ac1,585.4 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Other Current Outlays:<\/b> Rose 2.7% (+\u20ac22.9M) to \u20ac865.8 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Property Income Payable (Interest):<\/b> Decreased 0.4% (-\u20ac1.6M) to \u20ac422.6 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Subsidies:<\/b> Contracted 18.6% (-\u20ac31.8M) to \u20ac139.6 million.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Source: Stockwatch.com.cy<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Following official audit and verification under the European Commission\u2019s Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP), Cyprus recorded a final fiscal surplus of \u20ac1,360.2 million for 2025. According to data released by the Statistical Service, the audited surplus represents 3.6% of GDP, while total public debt stood at \u20ac20,053.2 million, or 52.3% of GDP. Core Public Finance Indicators […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":195008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195009,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195007\/revisions\/195009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}