The unemployed persons registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of September 2025 reached 7.624 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data which reflect the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for September 2025 decreased to 9.711 persons, in comparison to 10.053 in the previous month. (Table 1)

In comparison with September 2024, a decrease of 518 persons or 6,4% was recorded. This decrease is mainly attributed to the sectors of trade, 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         September7.6249.711       August11.55610.053       July11.08810.008       June9.1539.890       May7.3789.844       April8.1189.841       March11.07310.200       February12.76110.270       January 13.14710.4092024         December12.38210.487       November11.08710.399       October7.78110.293       September8.14210.374       August12.07910.751       July11.87710.883       June10.11210.899       May8.15910.696       April9.34311.128       March12.27711.350       February14.30411.586       January14.69911.7802023  December13.67011.683November12.66211.807October9.23211.974September9.69312.159August13.25612.153   

Table 2Nace Rev. 2Economic ActivityRegistered Unemployed      (actual data)September 2024August 2025September 2025AAgriculture, Forestry and Fishing654953BMining and Quarrying897CManufacturing527433453DElectricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply369EWater Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities262121FConstruction534408419GWholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles1.4821.3631.364HTransportation and Storage268296266IAccommodation and Food Service Activities830798768JInformation and Communication451451432KFinancial and Insurance Activities466372375LReal Estate Activities899792MProfessional, Scientific and Technical Activities723792780NAdministrative and Support Service Activities331340355OPublic Administration and Defense, Compulsory Social Security7583.214866PEducation4891.818422QHuman Health and Social Work Activities254348285RArts, Entertainment and Recreation166208169SOther Service Activities191219188TActivities of Households141510UActivities of Extra-territorial Organizations and Bodies6910 Newcomers461290280 Total8.14211.5567.624

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 June 15, 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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