According to recent data from the European statistical service Eurostat, the share of people employed in the cultural sector of Cyprus has reached 4.3 percent of the total workforce of the country.
This indicator fully corresponds to the average for the European Union, which puts the island state on a par with those countries where the creative industries play a significant role in the labor market. In absolute terms, we are talking about almost 22,000 specialists — 21,900 people, to be precise. It is noteworthy that the majority of them are women: there are 12,400 of them, while 9,500 men work in this field.
Across the European Union, the cultural sector employed 8.9 million people last year, which also corresponds to 4.3 percent of the total number of people employed. Thus, Cyprus confidently adheres to the level of pan-European benchmarks, falling into the group of states where the share of creative professions in the employment structure is significant. If we look at the age composition, almost half of all cultural workers in the EU — 48.5 percent — are in the age range from 30 to 49 years. It is this age group that forms the basis of the industry’s human resources potential.
As for the gender balance, it turned out to be almost perfect within the community. Women occupy 49.6 percent of cultural jobs, while men occupy 50.4 percent. However, the most interesting discovery of Eurostat concerns the level of education. It turned out that cultural workers, on average, have a much higher educational qualification than the rest of the workforce.
Think about these figures: only 6.7 percent of those employed in culture have completed incomplete secondary education, and another 31.3 percent have completed secondary or post-secondary vocational education. But 61.9 percent of them were holders of higher education diplomas. This means that almost two thirds of all those who work in the creative industries have university degrees.
Analysts have also estimated that in 17 of the 27 EU member states, cultural employment ranges from 4 to 5 percent of the total number of employees. The highest rate was recorded in the Netherlands, where the cultural sector accumulates 5.7 percent of all jobs. Estonia is next with 5.3 percent and Malta with 5.1 percent. Romania occupies the opposite pole, where the share of people employed in culture is only 1.8 percent, which is the lowest value in the EU. Slovakia is also at the end of the ranking with 3.3 percent and Ireland with 3.4 percent. Cyprus is confidently staying in the middle of the list, demonstrating stable indicators that correspond to pan-European trends.
A source: cyprus-mail.com
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