Unemployment rate in Cyprus

Latest: 4.9%
Previous: 4.9%
Change: +0.02 (+0.5%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Recession Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in Cyprus
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	3.0%
Dec 31, 1992	2.1%
Dec 31, 1993	2.7%
Dec 31, 1994	2.7%
Dec 31, 1995	2.6%
Dec 31, 1996	3.1%
Dec 31, 1997	3.4%
Dec 31, 1998	3.3%
Dec 31, 1999	5.5%
Dec 31, 2000	4.8%
Dec 31, 2001	4.0%
Dec 31, 2002	3.3%
Dec 31, 2003	4.2%
Dec 31, 2004	4.8%
Dec 31, 2005	5.5%
Dec 31, 2006	4.6%
Dec 31, 2007	3.9%
Dec 31, 2008	3.8%
Dec 31, 2009	5.6%
Dec 31, 2010	6.4%
Dec 31, 2011	7.9%
Dec 31, 2012	12.1%
Dec 31, 2013	16.1%
Dec 31, 2014	16.3%
Dec 31, 2015	15.0%
Dec 31, 2016	13.0%
Dec 31, 2017	11.2%
Dec 31, 2018	8.5%
Dec 31, 2019	7.2%
Dec 31, 2020	7.8%
Dec 31, 2021	7.5%
Dec 31, 2022	6.8%
Dec 31, 2023	5.8%
Dec 31, 2024	4.9%
Dec 31, 2025	4.9%

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