#Eurostat

Pupils in primary education in Cyprus reached 60,596 in 2024, averaging 11.5 pupils per teacher, according to data published on Tuesday by Eurostat. The pupil to teacher ratio in Cyprus was lower than ...

Cyprus has an adult obesity rate of 15.5 per cent, slightly below the European Union average of 16.3 per cent, according to data published by Eurostat on Friday. The highest obesity rates ...

The number of Ukrainians under temporary protection in Cyprus has risen to 25,490, according to figures published by the European Union’s statistical service Eurostat on Friday. The figure, recorded in ...

Cyprus is among EU member states with the highest increase in employment during the first quarter of 2026, Eurostat said on Friday. In the first quarter of 2026, the employment rate of ...

Almost 15 per cent of the Cyprus population – 14.9 per cent – were at risk of poverty in 2025, ranking the island below the European Union average of 16.4 per cent, Eurostat data published on ...

Cyprus recorded 33,640 beehives in 2023, down from 38,130 in 2020, according to Eurostat data published on Wednesday. The figures place Cyprus behind the European trend, with the total number of beehives on farms ...

Only 3.1 per cent of Cypriots with disabilities feel discriminated against in administrative offices and public services, Eurostat data published on Monday showed, ranking the island lowest in the EU alongside ...

Less than one quarter, around 18.6 per cent, of Cyprus’ total area are covered by forests, ranking the island below overall European levels, according to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday. ...

New Eurobarometer findings published on Saturday showed that 90 per cent of people in Cyprus believe the European Union should play a greater role in protecting the public from global crises, ...

Cypriots lived an average of 0.6 years longer in 2024, with overall life expectancy at birth rising to 83.55 years, according to data released on Friday by Eurostat. With this increase, Cyprus ranks ...

Cyprus recorded the lowest percentage of women in managerial positions in 2024, with 25,3 per cent, compared to the EU average of 35.2 per cent, up from 31.8 per cent in 2014, Eurostat said on ...

The median age in Cyprus has reached 41, placing the country among those in the European Union that have recorded the largest increases in population age, alongside Slovakia, Eurostat said on ...

Cyprus ranked third in the European Union in the proportion of Ukrainians granted temporary protection, with 25.8 beneficiaries per 1,000 inhabitants, more than double the EU average of 9.7, according to figures published ...

Cyprus assumes the reins of the EU Council presidency with strong public finances and high investment levels, according to figures released by Eurostat on Friday. The data show Cyprus running ...

Cyprus recorded the lowest forest growth rate among EU member states in 2023, at just 1.6 per cent, according to data released on Friday by the EU’s statistical service, Eurostat. State ...

Cyprus has a higher life expectancy at birth than the EU average, Eurostat data showed on Thursday. In 2024, the average life expectancy at birth in the euro area was 81.7 years, ...

Cyprus is not among the countries which regularly get screenings for cervical and colorectal cancer, Eurostat data showed on Thursday. When it came to cervical cancer screenings, data for Cyprus ...

Ten per cent of people in Cyprus work long hours, making it the second-worst country in the EU after Greece, Eurostat said on Thursday. The EU average stood at 6.6 per ...

Cypriots can expect to live on average 65 years in good health, according to the latest 2023 figures from Eurostat, a full two years longer than EU average of 63.1 years. The term “...

Every year, on “national” days of celebration and remembrance, marked separately in the northern and southern Cyprus, politicians regurgitate dusty old speeches that portray the island as still defined by ...

With an occupancy rate of 226.2 per cent, Cyprus had the most overcrowded prisons among EU member states in 2023, according to data released by Eurostat on Monday. In 2023, 13 EU member states ...

Cyprus is 12th among the 22 EU countries with minimum wages, having set the minimum at €1,000 gross, Eurostat announced on Thursday. That is nearly twice that of Bulgaria and nearly a ...

Aquaculture production in the EU in 2023 reached almost 1.1 million tonnes of live weight in fish, molluscs, algae and crustaceans, with Spain, France and Greece leading among EU member states, according ...

The use of freshwater resources in Cyprus is “unsustainable”, Eurostat said on Friday, in an article to mark World Water Day, celebrated on March 22. “With temperatures rising every year, droughts ...