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Updated · Stockwatch · Jul 13Cyprus Cultural Employment Matches EU Average at 4.3% in 2025
1 articles · Updated · Stockwatch · Jul 13Summary
- 21,900 people worked in Cyprus’s cultural sector in 2025, accounting for 4.3% of total employment and matching the EU-wide share, Eurostat said.
- 12,400 of those workers were women and 9,500 were men, indicating a female-majority cultural workforce in Cyprus.
- 8.9 million people worked in the EU cultural sector in 2025, also equal to 4.3% of total employment across the bloc.
- 48.5% of EU cultural workers were aged 30 to 49, while the bloc’s gender split was nearly even at 49.6% women and 50.4% men.
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