Single‑parent households accounted for 10.2% of all households with children in Cyprus in 2025, according to data published by Eurostat on Monday, marking the Global Day of Parents.
Across the European Union, there were about 6.1 million single‑parent families last year, representing 12.9% of all households with children, Eurostat said.
The share of households with only one adult varied widely among member states. Estonia recorded the highest proportion, with 40.6% of households with children classified as single‑parent families, followed by Lithuania at 32.7% and Latvia at 28.5%.
At the other end of the scale, Slovakia reported the lowest share at 3.1%, followed by Greece at 3.8% and Slovenia at 4.0%.
EU‑wide data shows that most single‑parent households had one child, accounting for 60.1% of the total. Households with two children represented 30.9%, while 9.0% had three or more children.
Eurostat also noted that single‑parent households were predominantly headed by women. Around 5 million households, or 81.6% of all single‑parent families with children in the EU, had a female head of household, compared with 18.4% headed by men.
Source: Eurostat; CNA
