Government employment in April 2022 increased by 593 persons (1.1%) compared to the same month in 2021 and reached 53,930 persons. There was a decrease of 657 persons (-2.5%) in permanent staff, from 26,689 to 26,032 persons. In temporary staff there is an increase of 1,309 persons (7.2%), reaching 19,556 compared to 18,247 persons in April 2021.
Compared to April 2021, there is an increase in the staff of the Public Service (0.1%) and the Educational Service (4.2%), while the staff of the Security Forces remains stable. In permanent staff there is a decrease in all three categories, with the largest decrease in Public Service staff (-3.1%). Conversely, in temporary staff there is an increase in all three categories with Education Service staff showing the largest increase (14.2%). There is a decrease (-0.7%) in Hourly Staff compared to April 2021.
Compared to March 2022, there is an increase in Education Service staff (0.1%), a decrease in Security Forces staff (-0.2%), while Public Service staff remains stable. In terms of permanent staff, the same decrease (-0.3%) is observed in the Public Service and Security Forces categories, while permanent staff in the Education Service remains stable. In Temporary Staff there is the same increase (0.3%) in Civil Service and Education Service staff, while there is a decrease in Security Forces staff (-0.2%). In Hourly Staff there is an increase (0.8%) compared to March 2022.
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[TR] [TD]
Staff category
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Number of persons
[/TD] [TD]% Change
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Apr 2021
[/TD] [TD] [TD]Mar 2022
[/TD] [TD]Apr 2022
[/TD] [TD]Apr 22/21
[/TD] [TD]Apr22/
Mar22
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Public
Service
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]17.330
[/TD] [TD]17.354
[/TD] [TD]17.349
[/TD] [TD]0.1%
[/TD] [TD]0.0%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monitors
[/TD] [TD]10.652
[/TD] [TD]10.349
[/TD] [TD]10.320
[/TD] [TD]-3.1%
[/TD] [TD]-0.3%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary
[/TD] [TD]6.678
[/TD] [TD]7.005
[/TD] [TD]7.029
[/TD] [TD]5.3%
[/TD] [TD]0.3%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Educational Service
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]14.897
[/TD] [TD]
15.510
[/TD] [TD]15.530
[/TD] [TD]4.2%
[/TD] [TD]0.1%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monimo
[/TD] [TD]9.275
[/TD] [TD]9.108
[/TD] [TD]9.108
[/TD] [TD]-1.8%
[/TD] [TD]0.0%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary
[/TD] [TD]5.622
[/TD] [TD]6.402
[/TD] [TD]6.422
[/TD] [TD]14.2%
[/TD] [TD]0.3%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Security Forces
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]12.709
[/TD] [TD]
12.738
[/TD] [TD]12.709
[/TD] [TD]0.0%
[/TD] [TD]-0.2%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monimo
[/TD] [TD]6.762
[/TD] [TD]6.6.621
[/TD] [TD]6.604
[/TD] [TD]-2.3%
[/TD] [TD]-0.3%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary
[/TD] [TD]5.947
[/TD] [TD]6.117
[/TD] [TD]6,105
[/TD] [TD]2.7%
[/TD] [TD]-0.2%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Total
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]44.936
[/TD] [TD]
45.602
[/TD] [TD]45.588
[/TD] [TD]
1.5%
[/TD] [TD]0.0%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Μόνιμοι
[/TD] [TD]26.689
[/TD] [TD]26.078
[/TD] [TD]26.032
[/TD] [TD]-2.5%
[/TD] [TD]-0.2%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary
[/TD] [TD]18.247
[/TD] [TD]19.524
[/TD] [TD]19.556
[/TD] [TD]7.2%
[/TD] [TD]0.2%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Hourly Staff
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]8,401
[/TD] [TD]8.279
[/TD] [TD]8.342
[/TD] [TD]-0.7%
[/TD] [TD]0.8%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Overall Total
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]53.337
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]53.881
[/TD] [TD]53.930
[/TD] [TD]
1.1%
[/TD] [TD]0.1%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR]
Methodological Information
Data Coverage
Government employment includes: Civil Service, Education Service, Security Forces and Hourly Government Workers. The Civil Service includes permanent and temporary employees of Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The Education Service includes permanent and temporary teaching staff serving in schools as well as staff of the Productivity Centre and the Higher Hotel Institute. The Security Forces include: the Police, the Fire Service and the National Guard. Hourly staff includes regular, temporary and seasonal employees.
Data excludes Members of the House of Representatives (Members of Parliament and Representatives of Religious Groups).
Source of data[/U]
The source of data on Government employment is the General Accounting Office of the Republic. Data refer to persons who were paid in a given month regardless of the period and duration of employment.
For more information:
Statistics Service Portal, Labour Market, CYSTAT-DB (Database), Predefined Tables (Excel)
The Predefined Tables in Excel format include data up to December 2021. For data from January 2022 onwards, the update is done only in the CYSTAT-DB Database.
Contact:
Maria Koussii: Tel:+357-22602235, Tel. mkkoushi@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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