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Total Employment: 54.706

In January 2024 total government employment increased by 2.687 persons (5,2%) in comparison to the corresponding month of 2023 and reached 54.706 persons. This increase is mainly attributed to the increase of the Educational Service staff (13,5%), due to the abolition of the purchase of services regime in the supporting programmes of the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth as from the school year 2023-2024. In the rest of the personnel categories, Civil Service, Security Forces and Hourly Paid Workers, an increase of 0,8%, 2,8% and 1,8% respectively was observed, compared to January 2023.

Compared to December 2023, the main change in employment is observed in Security Service staff (increase of 0,7%). Employment levels in all other personnel categories remained stable in comparison to December 2023.

Note:

As from January 2024 the classification for permanent and casual staff is discontinued. CYSTAT is currently in the process of adjusting the structure of government personnel to permanent, employees with contracts of indefinite duration, employees with contracts of definite duration and hourly paid workers. The data will be presented with the new analysis in the next release of Government Employment by category.

 Methodological Information

Coverage

Government employment includes the 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 the Police Service, Fire Service and the National Guard staff. Hourly Paid Workers include regular, casual and seasonal staff.

The members of the House of Representatives are not included in the data.

Collection of Data:

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

For more information visit CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Labour Market, CYSTAT-DB (Online Database), Predefined Tables (Excel), Methodological Information, or contact Ms Maria Kkoushi at tel. 22602235 or via email at mkkoushi@cystat.mof.gov.cy.

It is noted that the data included in the Predefined Tables in Excel format are available up to December 2021. Data from January 2022 onwards are available only in the CYSTAT-DB Online Database.

(NGian/MS)