The Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat) announced last Friday that total employment in the second quarter of 2025 reached 508,291 persons, marking a 1.8% increase compared with the same period last year. Of the total, 455,484 were employees, while 52,807 were self-employed.
The highest growth rates were recorded in information and communications technology, wholesale and retail trade including repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, and accommodation and food service activities.
Actual hours worked during the second quarter were estimated at 236.2 million, representing a 2.2% rise year-on-year. The largest increases in hours worked were also seen in information and communication technology, trade and motor vehicle repair, accommodation and food services.
In a separate report published the previous week, CyStat had said unemployment in Cyprus stood at 4.3% in the second quarter of 2025, down from 4.6% a year earlier.
The number of the unemployed reached 22,663, split between 11,019 men and 11,644 women, compared with 23,760 in the April-June period of last year. The labor force came to 528,981 people, representing 65.4% of the population, up from 511,423 a year earlier.