Unemployment rate: Cyprus
4.924% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.924 |
| 2024 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 5.835 |
| 2022 | 6.806 |
| 2021 | 7.513 |
| 2020 | 7.755 |
| 2019 | 7.155 |
| 2018 | 8.504 |
| 2017 | 11.155 |
| 2016 | 13.006 |
| 2015 | 15.026 |
| 2014 | 16.277 |
| 2013 | 16.131 |
| 2012 | 12.097 |
| 2011 | 7.942 |
| 2010 | 6.359 |
| 2009 | 5.594 |
| 2008 | 3.756 |
| 2007 | 3.946 |
| 2006 | 4.593 |
| 2005 | 5.481 |
| 2004 | 4.77 |
| 2003 | 4.153 |
| 2002 | 3.336 |
| 2001 | 4.043 |
| 2000 | 4.766 |
| 1999 | 5.532 |
| 1998 | 3.3 |
| 1997 | 3.4 |
| 1996 | 3.1 |
| 1995 | 2.6 |
| 1994 | 2.7 |
| 1993 | 2.7 |
| 1992 | 2.09 |
| 1991 | 3 |