Cyprus unemployed nearly doubles in September

As the pandemic bites into the economy, the number of registered unemployment in September increased by 81% annually to 30,718 from 16,968 last year, according to the Cyprus Statistical Service.

Registered unemployed at the District Labour Office s in September reached 30,718 (actual data).

Based on seasonally adjusted data showing the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed increased to 36,452 from 35,502 in August.

Compared with September 2019, an increase of 13,750 to the unemployment register was recorded.

This was attributed mainly to the sectors of accommodation and food service activities (+5,498), trade (+2,192), transportation and storage (+826), administrative and support service activities (+682), professional, scientific and technical activities(+644) and education (+561).

According to the Department of Labour, the comparison of data since the outbreak in March is not considered safe.

This is due to the automatic renewals of registered unemployed and new registrations of unemployed people without their physical presence to avoid the spread of coronavirus.

Table 1
Month and Year	Registered Unemployed – Actual Data	Registered Unemployed – Seasonally Adjusted Data
2020
September	30.718	36.452
August	33.649	35.502
July	32.313	34.242
June	31.158	34.218
May	29.604	34.277
April	28.591	32.065
March	26.353	22.906
February	25.620	21.745
January	26.214	21.565
2019
December	25.285	21.366
November	24.495	21.476
October	16.544	20.886
September	16.968	20.690
August	19.883	21.380
July	20.582	21.782
June	18.960	21.535
May	17.607	21.118
April	20.315	22.657
March	26.508	23.299
February	29.751	24.269
January	30.951	24.577
2018
December	29.800	24.770
November	28.514	24.970
October	20.447	24.966
September	21.399	25.550
August	23.866	25.621