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14-05-2020 13:00

Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2020

According to the results of the Labour Force Survey (LFS), the labour force in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to 449861 persons or 62,5% of the population (males 68,3%, females 57,1%) in comparison to 448369 persons (63,2%) in the corresponding quarter of 2019 (Table 1).

The number of employed persons was 417057 and the employment rate 57,9% (males 63,4%, females 52,8%) in comparison to 409117 persons (57,6%) in the corresponding quarter of 2019.

The number of unemployed persons amounted to 32.803 and the unemployment rate to 7,3% of the labour force (males 7,1%, females 7,5%) in comparison to 39.252 persons (8,8%) in the corresponding quarter of 2019.

 

Employment (Table 2)

For the age group 20-64, the employment rate was 75,1%. The rate for males was 80,6% and for females 69,9%. In the corresponding quarter of 2019 the rate was 74,5% (males 80,4%, females 69,0%). For the age group 55-64 the employment rate was 59,5% in comparison to 59,0% in the corresponding quarter of 2019.

According to the distribution of employment by sector, the biggest percentage of employed persons was in Services (78,3%), followed by Manufacturing (19,1%) and Agriculture (2,6%). For the first  quarter of 2019, the corresponding percentages were: Services 80,0%, Manufacturing 17,9% and Agriculture 2,1%.

The share of part-time employment to total employment was 11,4% or 47681 persons (males 7,8%, females 15,5%). The corresponding rate for the first quarter of 2019 was 12,0% (males 8,6%, females 15,8%).

85,5% or 356590 of the total employed persons were employees, of which 13,4% (47638 persons) had a temporary job. In the corresponding quarter of 2019 employees accounted for 86,2% of total employment of which 11,8% had a temporary job.

Unemployment (Table 3)

For young persons aged 15-24 years old, the unemployment rate was 14,5% of the labour force of the same age group (males 15,9%, females 13,3%) in comparison to 19,8% (males 22,1%, females 18,0%) in the corresponding quarter of last year.

As far as the duration of unemployment is concerned, 57,9% of the total unemployed persons searched for a job for a period of less than six months, 13,9% for a period of 6-11 months, whereas a percentage of 28,2% were long-term unemployed. The corresponding rates for the first quarter of 2019 were 63,4%, 11,7% and 24,9%.

 

Table 1

 

 

 

 

Number

 

Percentage (%)

 1st Quarter 2020

1st Quarter 2019

 

1st Quarter 2020

1st Quarter 2019

Labour Force

 

 

 

 

 

Total

449.861

448.369

 

62,5

63,2

Males

237.120

235.270

 

68,3

68,7

Females

212.740

213.099

 

57,1

58,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment

 

 

 

 

 

Total

417.057

409.117

 

57,9

57,6

Males

220.256

217.126

 

63,4

63,4

Females

196.801

191.992

 

52,8

52,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unemployment

 

 

 

 

 

Total

32.803

39.252

 

7,3

8,8

Males

16.864

18.145

 

7,1

7,7

Females

15.939

21.107

 

7,5

9,9

 

 

Table 2

 

Employment

Number

 

Percentage (%)

 

1st Quarter 2020

1st Quarter 2019

 

1st Quarter 2020

1st Quarter 2019

 

Tot.

Male

Fem.

Tot.

Male

Fem.

 

Tot.

Male

Fem.

Tot.

Male

Fem.

 

Age

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15+

417.057

220.256

196.801

409.117

217.126

191.992

 

57,9

63,4

52,8

57,6

63,4

52,2

 

20–64

401.652

209.419

192.232

393.479

205.604

187.872

 

75,1

80,6

69,9

74,5

80,4

69,0

 

55–64

62.586

36.652

25.933

60.528

34.507

26.020

 

59,5

71,0

48,4

59,0

68,6

49,8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture

11.020

7.787

3.233

8.536

6.399

2.138

 

2,6

3,5

1,7

2,1

3,0

1,1

 

Industry

79.556

65.918

13.638

73.215

59.519

13.696

 

19,1

29,9

6,9

17,9

27,4

7,1

 

Services

326.479

146.551

179.931

327.365

151.208

176.158

 

78,3

66,6

91,4

80,0

69,6

91,8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full-time

369.376

203.148

166.228

360.117

198.537

161.580

 

88,6

92,2

84,5

88,0

91,4

84,2

 

Part-time

47.681

17.109

30.572

49.001

18.589

30.412

 

11,4

7,8

15,5

12,0

8,6

15,8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof. Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-employed

60.467

38.317

22.149

56.422

36.377

20.046

 

14,5

17,4

11,3

13,8

16,7

10,4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

356.590

181.939

174.652

352.695

180.749

171.946

 

85,5

82,6

88,7

86,2

83,3

89,6

 

Permanent

308.952

166.206

142.747

311.187

165.667

145.520

 

86,6

91,3

81,7

88,2

91,7

84,6

 

Temporary

47.638

15.733

31.905

41.508

15.082

26.426

 

13,4

8,7

18,3

11,8

8,3

15,4

 

 

 

 

Table 3

Unemployment

Number

 

Percentage (%)

1st Quarter 2020

1st Quarter 2019

 

1st Quarter 2020

1st Quarter 2019

Tot.

Male

Fem.

Tot.

Male

Fem.

 

Tot.

Male

Fem.

Tot.

Male

Fem.

Age

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15+

32.803

16.864

15.939

39.252

18.145

21.107

 

7,3

7,1

7,5

8,8

7,7

9,9

15–24

4.985

2.564

2.421

7.316

3.544

3.772

 

14,5

15,9

13,3

19,8

22,1

18,0

25–64

27.566

14.048

13.519

31.699

14.365

17.334

 

6,8

6,6

7,1

8,0

6,9

9,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

< 6 μήνες

18.996

9.227

9.771

24.898

11.585

13.311

 

57,9

54,7

61,3

63,4

63,8

63,1

6–11 μήνες

4.573

2.266

2.307

4.596

2.535

2.061

 

13,9

13,4

14,5

11,7

14,0

9,8

12+ μήνες

9.233

5.371

3.862

9.760

4.024

5.733

 

28,2

31,9

24,2

24,9

22,2

27,1

Note: Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding error.

 

Methodological information

 

Survey Identity

The Labour Force survey (LFS) is conducted in all European Union member states in accordance with Council Regulation 577/98 of the European Union every quarter. The aim of the survey is the collection of data which are useful in the formulation of policy on labour matters (employment, unemployment) and for pursuing and evaluating of the programs that are applied both by the Government and by the European Union.

Coverage and collection of data

The LFS covers a sample of 3800 households in all districts of Cyprus, which are allocated according to the number of households that reside in urban and rural areas. For comparability of the results, in all member states, the survey covers the population of private households only. It does not cover persons residing in collective households (i.e. institutions, homes for the aged, hospitals, monasteries etc.), conscripts on compulsory military service, students who study abroad and Cypriots who work abroad.

The collection of data from the Statistical Service is done with personal interviews and the use of portable computers as well as with telephone interviews.

Definitions

Labour Force / Economically Active Population – The total number of the employed and unemployed persons aged 15 years and over.

Employed  - Persons aged 15 years and over who during the reference week worked for at least one hour, as well as persons who had a job but were temporarily absent from work.

Unemployed – Persons aged 15 years and over who comply to the following standards:

  • Neither worked nor had a job from which they were temporarily absent during the reference week.
  • They had actively sought for work, i.e. had taken specific steps during the previous four weeks to find work.
  • They were available to start work within the two weeks following the reference week. And or,
  • Persons who neither worked nor had a job from which they were temporarily absent, but found a job which will start within a period of at most three months.
  • They were available to start work within the two weeks following the reference week.

Long-term unemployed – Persons aged 15 years and over who searched for work for a period of twelve months or more.

Inactive – Persons aged 15 years and over who are neither employed nor unemployed.

Labour Force participation rate – The number of persons in the Labour Force for any group expressed as a percentage of the total population in the same group.

Employment rate - The number of employed persons for any group expressed as a percentage of the total population in the same group.

Unemployment rate – The number of unemployed persons of any group expressed as a percentage of the labour force in the same group. 

 

Further information:

Statistical Service (CYSTAT) Website, subthemes Employment and Unemployment

 

Contact

Christophoros Michaelides: Τel: +35722602154, Email: cmichaelides@cystat.mof.gov.cy

Eleni Christodoulidou: Tel: +35722602142, Email: echristodoulidou@cystat.mof.gov.cy

 

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