Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Cyprus's employment increased by 6.6% compared to 2024, reaching 81k.

Cyprus accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

Cyprus ranks 17th 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 65.7% (from 49k in 2020).

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