Skills mismatch persists for young workers in Cyprus and wider EU

Cyprus is close to the EU average in how often young people work in jobs related to what they studied, pointing to a persistent skills mismatch across European labour markets, Eurostat data showed.

In 2024, around 57 per cent of people aged 15-34 in Cyprus with medium or high education reported a ‘very high or high’ match between their field of education and their current or last main job, compared with an EU average of 56.4 per cent.

The indicator measures how relevant a person’s...