Asylum applications fell by one third in August
Cyprus experienced a 33 per cent decrease in the number of new asylum seekers in August 2023 compared to the same month last year, while, at the same time, the EU saw ...
Cyprus maintains above-average recycling rate according to report
Cyprus is just above the EU average for recycling plastic packaging at 41.6 per cent compared to the bloc’s average of 39.7 per cent.
Notably, however, Cyprus reported in 2019 that it ...
15 thousand in Cyprus work in agriculture, forestry, and fishing
Approximately 15,000 people in Cyprus work in the agricultural, forestry, and fishing industries, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat.
The figures, which were recorded in 2020, showed that the ...
One in five children in Cyprus ‘at risk of poverty’
Almost a fifth of children in Cyprus are “at risk of poverty or social exclusion”, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat.
The figures, compiled in 2022, show that ...
Car most popular means of transport in Cyprus and EU
The car continues to be the dominant means of transport across Europe, with the corresponding percentage in Cyprus just below the EU average, according to data released on Tuesday by ...
One in five Cypriots ‘cannot afford to keep their homes warm’
Almost one in five Cypriots cannot afford to keep their homes warm, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat.
According to figures compiled in 2022, 19.2 per cent of Cypriots ...
One in five Cypriots ‘cannot afford to keep their homes warm’
Almost a fifth of Cypriots cannot afford to keep their homes warm, according to the European Union’s statistical agency Eurostat.
According to figures compiled in 2022, 19.2 per cent of Cypriots ...
Smart device use in Cyprus on the rise
The use of smart devices in Cyprus saw a sharp rise in 2022 compared to 2020, according to the European Union’s statistical office Eurostat.
Almost two thirds of people aged between 16 ...
Cyprus graduates’ employment rate at 81.4 per cent
The percentage of graduates in Cyprus that find work within a year of completing education was recorded by Eurostat to be at 81.4 per cent, just below the bloc’s average ...
Cyprus records significant drop in asylum applications in April this year
Asylum applications in Cyprus were down by over 70 per cent in April this year compared to the same month in 2022, Eurostat data showed on Tuesday.
According to the EU’s ...
Cyprus has among the lowest rates of children with unmet medical needs in EU
Cyprus is among the countries with the lowest rates of children with unmet medical needs in the EU according to data released by Eurostat.
But unmet medical needs for dental ...
More Cypriots work long hours than almost everywhere in EU
Almost 10 per cent (9.7) of employees in Cyprus worked 49 or more hours per week in their primary job in 2022 a Eurostat report released on Tuesday showed, the third highest percentage among ...
Childhood deprivation in Cyprus well above EU average
Close to two thirds of children in Cyprus face material deprivation in some demographics, with the island’s average standing at one in five, according to data released by Eurostat ...
Bankruptcies up across EU, down in Cyprus during last quarter
The number of bankruptcy declarations among EU businesses increased substantially in the fourth quarter of 2022 (+26.8 per cent compared with the previous quarter), while estimates for Cyprus show a decrease (-13.4 ...
Cyprus had lowest rural housing costs among EU member states in 2021
European Union cities had the highest housing cost burden in 2021, according to a report published on Thursday by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical service.
In Cyprus, the lowest rate ...
Cyprus records second highest increase in consumer spending, Eurostat finds
Cyprus, showed the second highest increase in consumer spending since 2020, signalling partial recovery from the pandemic, according to data published by the European statistics agency.
Specifically, in 2021 Cyprus recorded an ...
Almost one fifth of children in Cyprus at risk of poverty
19.2 per cent of children in Cyprus were at risk of poverty in 2021 while the risk for adults reached 16.8 percent, figures released by Eurostat on Monday showed.
Across the EU, 24.4 per ...
Cypriot women leave parental home earlier than men
Cypriot women are leaving the parental household about one and a half years earlier than men – at an average of 26.5 and 28 respectively – while Cyprus overall is slightly above the EU ...
Nine out of ten Cypriots read online news – Eurostat
Nine out of ten people in Cyprus aged between 16 and 74 years said they read online news in 2021, a percentage higher than the EU average, a Eurostat survey showed on Wednesday.
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Greenhouse emissions up in Cyprus, decline across rest of EU over past 30 years
Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in Cyprus have risen steadily in the past three decades from 1990 to 2020 compared to the rest of the European Union, which recorded a decline in most ...
Fire service disputes Eurostat figures, says Cyprus actually second to last in numbers
The fire department said on Wednesday that statistics published on Tuesday showing that Cyprus has the second highest percentage of professional firefighters in the EU were misleading.
According to a ...
Firefighters make up 0.4 per cent of workforce in Cyprus
Cyprus has the second highest percentage of professional firefighters in the EU, according to a study published on Tuesday by Eurostat, covering data from 2021.
According to the study, 365,100 people were ...
R&D government budget allocation per person in Cyprus below EU average
Cyprus allocated €103 per person to research and development in 2021, less than half the €244 averaged in the EU27, according to data on government budget allocations for R&D published by ...
Eurostat: Cyprus’ unemployment rate lower than in EU
Cyprus’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.1 per cent in June 2022, lower than the 6.6 per cent in the Euro area and 6.0 per cent in the EU, Eurostat data showed on ...