Government employment up by 1.1% in February on annual basis

An annual increase of 1.1% in the number of government employees was recorded in February.

According to CySTAT, in February 2025 total government employment increased by 599 persons (1.1%) in comparison to the corresponding month of 2024 and reached 55,296 persons. 

Employment in the Civil Service and in the Educational Service increased by 0.2% and 3.8% respectively, whereas employment in the Security Forces decreased by 0.8%.

For the period January – February 2025 the average total government employment increased by 1.0% compared to the corresponding period of 2024.

In February 2025 in the Civil Service there were 11,991 permanent employees, 4,162 employees with contracts of indefinite duration, 1,381 employees with contracts of definite duration and 5,663 hourly paid workers. Permanent employees represented the highest percentage of total employees in the Civil Service (51.7%) and employees with contracts of definite duration represented the lowest percentage (6.0%).

In the Educational Service there were 12,461 permanent employees, 946 employees with contracts of indefinite duration, 4,689 employees with contracts of definite duration and 155 hourly paid workers.

Permanent employees represented the highest percentage of total employees in the Educational Service (68.3%) and hourly paid workers represented the lowest percentage (0.8%).

In Security Forces there were 8,470 permanent employees, 4,362 employees with contracts of indefinite duration, 268 employees with contracts of definite duration and 748 hourly paid workers. Permanent employees represented the highest percentage of total employees in Security Forces (61.2%) and employees with contracts of definite duration represented the lowest percentage (1.9%).

(Source: CNA)