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In November 2021 total government employment increased by 214 persons (0,4%) in comparison to the corresponding month of 2020 and reached 53.018 persons. Permanent staff decreased by 655 persons (-2,4%), from 26.916 to 26.261 persons. Casual staff increased by 1.003 persons (5,7%) and reached 18.461 persons compared to 17.458 persons in November 2020.

Compared to November 2020 an increase is observed in Education staff (1,7%) and in Security Forces staff (1,0%) whereas a decrease is observed in Civil Service staff (-0,1%). In all three categories of permanent staff there is a decrease and the highest is observed in Civil Service staff (-3,1%). On the contrary, in all three categories of casual staff there is an increase and the highest is observed in Education staff (7,8%).

Compared to October 2021, an increase is observed in Education staff (0,9%) while a decrease is observed in Security Forces staff (-0,4%) and in Civil Service staff (-0,1%). In all three categories of permanent staff there is a decrease and the highest is observed in Civil Service staff (-0,3%).  In casual staff an increase is observed in Education staff (2,8%) and in Civil Service staff (0,3%) while a decrease is observed in Security Forces staff (-0,5%).

Methodological Information

Coverage

Government employment includes Civil Service, Educational Service, Security Forces staff and Hourly Paid Workers. Civil Service includes permanent and casual staff of the Ministries, Departments and Services. Educational Service includes the permanent and casual educational staff of school units and the staff of the Cyprus Productivity Center and the Higher Hotel Institute of Cyprus.  Security Forces include Police Service, Fire Service and the National Guard staff. The Hourly Paid workers include regular, casual and seasonal staff. The members of the House of Representatives are not included.

Collection of data

Data concerning Government employment is provided by the Treasury and refers to the number of persons that were paid in the current month.

For more information:

CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Labour Market

CYSTAT-DB (Online Database)

Predefined Tables (Excel)

The Predefined Tables will be available in Excel format until December of 2021. Afterwards, the data will be available only on the Online Database CYSTAT-DB.

Contact:

George Alex. Georgiou: Tel: +357-22602233, Email: galgeorgiou@cystat.mof.gov.cy

Eleni Christodoulidou: Tel: +357-22602142, Email: echristodoulidou@cystat.mof.gov.cy

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