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Cyprus — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Cyprus, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.92%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +64.1% since 1991
Unemployment for Cyprus was 4.92% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 16.28% in 2014. The lowest was 2.09% in 1992 (about 2.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.47% per year.
Cyprus ranks 103 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 55%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Cyprus sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 70% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 67%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.92%
First (1991)
3.00%
Change
+64.1%
Highest
16.28%
in 2014
Lowest
2.09%
in 1992
Average
6.41%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.47%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.92% |
| 2024 | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 5.84% |
| 2022 | 6.81% |
| 2021 | 7.51% |
| 2020 | 7.76% |
| 2019 | 7.16% |
| 2018 | 8.5% |
| 2017 | 11.16% |
| 2016 | 13.01% |
| 2015 | 15.03% |
| 2014 | 16.28% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.