Above average use of teleworking tools in Cyprus in 2022

A share of 59% of enterprises with 10 or more employees or self-employed persons in Cyprus conducted remote meetings via the Internet in 2022, above the EU average (50%), according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union.

The data also shows that the use of teleworking tools, in general, was widespread in both Cyprus and the EU after COVID-19.

Eurostat’s data shows a large variation in percentages between member states. The largest shares were registered in Sweden (79.4%) and Finland (78.5%), followed by Denmark (78.0%), Malta (68.3%), and Ireland (63.6%).

At the opposite side of the scale, the lowest shares were recorded in Bulgaria (28.2%), Hungary (29.4%), Romania (31.2%), Greece (32.9%), and Slovakia (35.2%).

Larger enterprises tended to be the ones to make it possible for employees to work remotely by giving them remote access to three types of enterprise resources: to the email system, to documents, and to business applications or software of the enterprise.

Some 59.4% of enterprises with 10 or more employees or self-employed persons in Cyprus (57% in the EU) offered all three types of remote access to their employees.

When it comes to the size of the enterprises, 84.2% of large enterprises in Cyprus and 91.0% in the EU (250 or more employees or self-employed persons) offered all three types of remote access to their employees, while the same happened in 72.4% of medium enterprises in Cyprus and 77.2% in the EU (from 50 to 249 employees or self-employed persons) and 56.9% of small enterprises in Cyprus and 52.4% in the EU (from 10 to 49 employees or self-employed persons).

Large enterprises led in all types of remote access. Almost all large enterprises offered remote access to the email system of the enterprise (97% in Cyprus, 97.2% in the EU).

A clear majority of enterprises in both Cyprus and the EU also offered remote access to documents of the enterprise (e.g. files, spreadsheets, presentations, charts, photos) (86.4% in Cyprus, 94.0% in the EU) and to business applications or software of the enterprise (e.g. access to accounting, sales, orders, Customer Relationship Management (CRM)systems) (89.8% in Cyprus, 92.4%in the EU).

As for medium enterprises, 91.8% in Cyprus and 90.9% in the EU gave their employees remote access to the email system, 80.6% in Cyprus and 83.0% in the EU gave access to the documents of the enterprise and 77.5% in Cyprus and 80.4% in the EU gave access to the business applications or software of the enterprise.

Comparatively, small enterprises provided remote access to a lesser extent, since 79.5% of them in Cyprus and 74.8% in the EU gave their employees remote access to email. Of all small enterprises, 66.5% in Cyprus and 60.9% in the EU gave access to documents, and 62.4% in Cyprus and 57.5% in the EU gave access to business applications or software of the company.

(Source: CNA)