{"id":14030,"date":"2026-04-03T04:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/jobless-rate-stays-put-in-cyprus\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:28:08","slug":"jobless-rate-stays-put-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/jobless-rate-stays-put-in-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobless rate stays put in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300005\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cyprus_flag_shutterstock_web-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cyprus_flag_shutterstock_web.jpg\" alt=\"Jobless rate stays put in Cyprus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cyprus_flag_shutterstock_web-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Shutterstock]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Cyprus recorded an unemployment rate of 4.2% in February, the same as in January, with the number of unemployed estimated at 22,000, according to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday. This rate shows a slight decrease compared with February 2025, when it stood at 4.5% with around 23,000 unemployed, and remains significantly lower than the average unemployment rate in both the euro area and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>For the same period, the unemployment rate was 4.0% for men and 4.4% for women, remaining unchanged compared with the previous month.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding youth unemployment in Cyprus, the most recent available data is from December 2025, when the rate for people under 25 was 15.1%, corresponding to approximately 5,000 young people.<\/p>\n<p>At European Union level, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.9% in February, stable compared with January, while in the euro area it stood at 6.2%, compared to 6.1% in January 2026, and 6.3% in February 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The total number of unemployed is estimated at 13.1 million in the EU, of whom 10.9 million are in the euro area.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1300005\/jobless-rate-stays-put-in-cyprus\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Shutterstock] Cyprus recorded an unemployment rate of 4.2% in February, the same as in January, with the number of unemployed estimated at 22,000, according to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday. 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