The employment rate among people aged 20 to 64 in Cyprus remained at 82.3% in the second quarter of 2026, unchanged compared with the first quarter of the year, according to data published by Eurostat on Friday.
At EU level, the employment rate edged up to 76.4% in the second quarter, from 76.3% in the first quarter of 2026. As a result, the rate in Cyprus was 5.9 percentage points higher than the EU average.
Between the first and second quarters of 2026, the employment rate increased in 14 EU countries, remained unchanged in four, including Cyprus, and decreased in nine.
The largest increases were recorded in Portugal and Malta, at 0.6 percentage points each, followed by Greece with an increase of 0.5 percentage points. In Latvia and Slovenia, the employment rate rose by 0.4 percentage points.
The largest decreases were recorded in Austria, at 0.4 percentage points, as well as in Lithuania and Sweden, at 0.3 percentage points each.
