EU 7.05
· European ranking
24 / 30
Up 3 positions compared with previous year
Cyprus: Jobless Households
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
4.20% of people aged 0 to 64
EU 7.05 · -2.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Eurostat: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) Official definition
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More context on this indicator
At a glance
Cyprus performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization.
European comparison in Cyprus
In Cyprus, Low work intensity is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.2% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 2.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Cyprus, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 5.70% in 2020 to 4.20% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 4.20% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.