Employment — national citizens

In 2004, Cyprus's employment increased by 1.0% compared to 2003, reaching 284k.

Cyprus accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 145,525k.

Cyprus ranks 23rd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.8% (from 249k in 1999).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.