Employment — national citizens

In 2005, Cyprus's employment increased by 2.3% compared to 2004, reaching 290k.

Cyprus accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 167,216k.

Cyprus ranks 23rd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.3% (from 259k in 2000).

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