The unemployed persons registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of July 2025 reached 11.088 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data which reflect the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for July 2025 increased to 10.081 persons, in comparison to 9.947 in the previous month. (Table 1)

In comparison with July 2024, a decrease of 789 persons or 6,6% was recorded. This decrease is mainly attributed to the sectors of education, construction, financial and insurance activities, manufacturing, as well as to the decrease recorded for newcomers in the labour market. (Table 2)

Table 1Month and YearRegistered Unemployed – Actual DataRegistered Unemployed – Seasonally Adjusted Data2025         July11.08810.081       June9.1539.947       May7.3789.873       April8.1189.864       March11.07310.200       February12.76110.262       January 13.14710.3822024         December12.38210.452       November11.08710.346       October7.78110.228       September8.14210.325       August12.07910.862       July11.87710.912       June10.11210.918       May8.15910.713       April9.34311.133       March12.27711.354       February14.30411.579       January14.69911.7712023  December13.67011.666November12.66211.786October9.23211.944September9.69312.139August13.25612.199July13.18712.347June11.74712.617   

Table 2Nace Rev.2Economic ActivityRegistered Unemployed     (actual data)July 2024 June 2025July 2025AAgriculture, Forestry and Fishing735549BMining and Quarrying1178CManufacturing552402421DElectricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply656EWater Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities252621FConstruction573401416GWholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles1.4761.2971.348HTransportation and Storage308244275IAccommodation and Food Service Activities858762773JInformation and Communication470412468KFinancial and Insurance Activities533380379LReal Estate Activities969698MProfessional, Scientific and Technical Activities767743746NAdministrative and Support Service Activities320322319OPublic Administration and Defense, Compulsory Social Security2.4412.1713.079PEducation2.0868951.627QHuman Health and Social Work Activities283256298RArts, Entertainment and Recreation235184223SOther Service Activities246202223TActivities of Households131116UActivities of Extra-territorial Organizations and Bodies1286 Newcomers493274289 Total11.8779.15311.088

Methodological Information

Registered Unemployed

The number of registered unemployed concerns the persons aged 15 years and over who apply at the District and Local Labour Offices of the Department of Labour to seek employment and are registered as unemployed. These persons have to be able and available for work and must be actively looking for a job. The monthly number of registered unemployed concerns the persons who during the last day of the month have an active application for seeking employment.

The number of registered unemployed does not include self-employed or persons who seek part-time employment, nor persons who seek employment in certain areas or for a specific employer.

Seasonally Adjusted Data

Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that removes the seasonal component of a time series, making more visible the underlying trend in the change of a characteristic. CYSTAT uses the JDemetra+ 2.2.2 software which was developed by Eurostat. Seasonally adjusted series are produced by the TRAMO&SEATS algorithm. It should be noted that due to seasonal adjustment, the whole series with the monthly estimates is recalculated every time a new month is added in time series. As a result, estimations for the previous months are often revised. In March 2020, a readjustment of the applied model was implemented.

Methodological Changes

According to information provided by the Department of Labour, from Tuesday, 15 June 2021, the automatic renewal of registrations was terminated and the online platform of the Public Employment Service was activated to allow the registration of a new job application, its renewal, as well as a job vacancy registration. This settlement may affect the comparison of the monthly unemployment data recorded through this procedure with the data recorded from the previous procedures.

Classification System

Registered unemployed by economic activity are published based on the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Rev. 2 (NACE Rev.2).

For more information, visit the CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Labour Market, CYSTAT-DB (Online Database), Methodological Information, or contact Mr Christophoros Michaelides at 22602154 or via email: cmichaelides@cystat.mof.gov.cy, or Ms Maria Hadjiprokopi at 22602146 or via email: mhadjiprokopi@cystat.mof.gov.cy

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