Based on the data kept by the District Employment Offices, the number of registered unemployed at the end of April 2025 reached 8,118 people. Based on seasonally adjusted data, which show the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed in April 2025 decreased to 9,655 people compared to 10,035 in the previous month. (Table 1)
Compared to April 2024, there was a decrease of 1,225 people or 13.1%, mainly attributable to the sectors of financial and insurance activities, construction, trade, accommodation and food services, as well as a decrease in the number of new entrants to the labor market. (Table 2)
| Table 1 | ||
| Month and Year | Registered Unemployed – Facts | Registered Unemployed – Seasonally Corrected Data |
| 2025 | ||
| April | 8.118 | 9.655 |
| March | 11.073 | 10.035 |
| February | 12.761 | 10.140 |
| January | 13.147 | 10.309 |
| 2024 | ||
| December | 12.382 | 10.416 |
| November | 11.087 | 10.353 |
| October | 7.781 | 10.269 |
| September | 8.142 | 10.404 |
| August | 12.079 | 10.983 |
| July | 11.877 | 11.051 |
| June | 10.112 | 10.951 |
| May | 8.159 | 10.683 |
| April | 9.343 | 11.043 |
| March | 12.277 | 11.283 |
| February | 14.304 | 11.530 |
| January | 14.699 | 11.737 |
| 2023 | ||
| December | 13.670 | 11.653 |
| November | 12.662 | 11.787 |
| October | 9.232 | 11.963 |
| September | 9.693 | 12.172 |
| August | 13.256 | 12.250 |
| July | 13.187 | 12.404 |
| June | 11.747 | 12.631 |
| May | 10.357 | 13.094 |
| April | 11.284 | 13.114 |
| March | 14.197 | 13.222 |
| Table 2 | ||||
| Nace Rev. 2 | Economic activity | Registered Unemployed (actual data) | ||
| April 2024 | March 2025 | April 2025 | ||
| A | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | 57 | 44 | 38 |
| B | Mines and Quarries | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| C | Processing | 562 | 554 | 495 |
| D | Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| E | Water Supply, Wastewater Treatment, Waste Management and Sanitation | 29 | 21 | 25 |
| F | Construction | 592 | 500 | 447 |
| G | Wholesale and Retail, Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles | 1.618 | 1.729 | 1.493 |
| H | Transport and Storage | 453 | 627 | 367 |
| I | and Food Services | 1.496 | 3.386 | 1.403 |
| J | Information and Communication | 383 | 407 | 392 |
| K | Financial and Insurance Activities | 622 | 388 | 389 |
| L | Real Estate Management | 102 | 131 | 107 |
| M | Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities | 805 | 749 | 744 |
| N | Administrative and Support Activities | 438 | 515 | 406 |
| O | Public Administration and Defence, Compulsory Social Security | 597 | 639 | 577 |
| P | Education | 309 | 246 | 234 |
| Q | and Social Care | 243 | 247 | 245 |
| R | Arts, Entertainment Entertainment | 215 | 238 | 189 |
| S | Other Service | 251 | 282 | 221 |
| T | Household Activities | 12 | 8 | 7 |
| U | Activities of Non-Governmental Organizations and Bodies | 7 | 11 | 11 |
| Newcomers | 542 | 340 | 318 | |
| Total | 9.343 | 11.073 | 8.118 | |
Methodological Information
Registered Unemployed
The number of registered unemployed refers to persons over 15 years of age who apply to the District and Local Employment Offices of the Department of Labour to find a job and are registered as unemployed. These individuals must be able and available for work and actively seeking work. The monthly number of registered unemployed refers to people who, on the last day of each month, have an active application to find a job.
The number of registered unemployed does not include the self-employed, people looking for part-time work, as well as people looking for work in a specific area or with a specific employer.
Seasonally Corrected Data
Seasonal Correction is a statistical technique that removes the effect of seasonality from a chronological order, thereby making the actual trend in the change of a magnitude more visible. For the implementation of the seasonal correction, the Statistical Office uses the JDemetra+ 2.2.2 software, which has been developed by Eurostat. The production of the custom time series is done with the TRAMOSEATS algorithm. It should be noted that due to the seasonal correction, the entire chronological order of the monthly estimates is recalculated each time the data of a new month are added. This recalculation often leads to revisions of estimates for previous months. In March 2020, the model applied was readjusted.
Methodological Changes
According to an update from the Department of Labor, as of Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the automatic renewal of registrations was terminated and the online platform of the Public Employment Service was activated, to allow the registration of a new application for finding a job, its renewal, as well as the registration of a vacant position. This arrangement may affect the comparison of the monthly unemployment figures recorded through this procedure with the data recorded by the previous procedures.
Classification System
The registered unemployed by economic activity are published on the basis of the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the Community, Rev. 2 (NACE Rev. 2).
For more information, interested parties can visit the Statistical Service Portal, Subtopic Labour Market, CYSTAT-DB (Database), Methodological Information, or contact Mr. Christoforos Michaelides by phone at 22602154 or by e-mail at cmichaelides@cystat.mof.gov.cy address or with Mrs. Maria Hadjiprokopi by phone at 22602146 or by e-mail at mhadjiprokopi@cystat.mof.gov.cy.
