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In April 2022 total government employment increased by 593 persons (1,1%) in comparison to the corresponding month of 2021 and reached 53.930 persons. Permanent staff decreased by 657 persons (-2,5%), from 26.689 to 26.032 persons. Casual staff increased by 1.309 persons (7,2%) and reached 19.556 persons compared to 18.247 persons in April 2021.

Compared to April 2021 an increase is observed in Civil Service staff (0,1%) and in Educational Service staff (4,2%), whereas the Security Forces staff remains stable. There is a decrease in all three categories of permanent staff and the highest is observed in Civil Service staff (-3,1%). On the contrary, there is an increase in all three categories of casual staff and the highest is observed in Educational Service staff (14,2%). A decrease is observed in Hourly Paid Workers (-0,7%) compared to April 2021.

Compared to March 2022, an increase is observed in Educational Service staff (0,1%), a decrease in Security Forces staff (-0,2%), whereas the Civil Service staff remains stable. In permanent staff the same decrease (-0,3%) is observed in the categories of Civil Service and Security Forces, whereas the permanent Educational Service staff remains stable. In casual staff the same increase (0,3%) is observed in the categories of Civil Service and Educational Service, whereas a decrease is observed in casual Security Forces staff (-0,2%). An increase is observed in Hourly Paid Workers (0,8%) compared to March 2022.

Methodological Information

Coverage

Government employment includes the Civil Service, Educational Service, Security Forces staff and Hourly Paid Workers. Civil Service includes permanent and casual staff of the Ministries, Departments and Services. Educational Service includes the permanent and casual educational staff of school units and the staff of the Cyprus Productivity Center and the Higher Hotel Institute of Cyprus. Security Forces include the Police Service, Fire Service and the National Guard staff. Hourly Paid Workers include regular, casual and seasonal staff.

The members of the House of Representatives are not included in the data.

Collection of data

Data concerning Government employment is provided by the Treasury of the Republic and refers to the number of persons that were paid in the current month, irrespective of the period and duration of employment.

For more information:

CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Labour Market, CYSTAT-DB (Online Database), Predefined Tables (Excel)

The data included in the Predefined Tables in Excel format are available up to December 2021. Data from January 2022 onwards are available only in the CYSTAT-DB Online Database.

Contact:

Maria Kkoushi: Tel: +357-22602235, Email: mkkoushi@cystat.mof.gov.cy

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