Employment — national citizens

In 2008, Cyprus's employment decreased by 2.4% compared to 2007, reaching 307k.

Cyprus accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 177,751k.

Cyprus ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.2% (from 281k in 2003).

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