In Cyprus, 4.9% of employed people in 2025 were information and communication technology (ICT) specialists, a figure close to the European Union average. Greece had the lowest share in the EU.
According to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday, the Cypriot rate represents a substantial increase compared with a decade earlier, when it was 2.7% in 2016. The figure remains broadly stable compared with 2024, when it had reached 5%. In absolute terms, ICT specialists in Cyprus amounted to 24,700 people in 2025, compared to 24,200 in 2024 and 9,900 in 2016.
At the EU level, 10.45 million ICT specialists were employed in 2025, accounting for 5.0% of total employment. Eurostat notes that this share increased by one-tenth of a percentage point compared with the previous year, and by 1.5 percentage points compared with 2015.
Among the 27 EU member-states, Sweden recorded the highest share of ICT specialists in total employment at 8.9%, followed by Luxembourg (8.7%) and Finland (7.8%).
At the other end of the scale, the lowest shares were recorded in Greece (2.5%), Romania (2.7%) and Italy (3.8%), according to Eurostat.
