Single-parent households with children represented 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, which is observed every year on 1 June.
According to Eurostat, there were approximately 6.1 million single-parent families in the European Union in 2025, accounting for 12.9% of all households with children.
The data show that the share of households with only one adult varied significantly among EU Member States. Estonia recorded the highest proportion, with 40.6% of households with children being single-parent households. It was followed by Lithuania with 32.7% and Latvia with 28.5%.
At the other end of the scale, the lowest shares were recorded in Slovakia (3.1%), Greece (3.8%) and Slovenia (4.0%).
At EU level, the majority of single-parent households had one child (60.1%), while 30.9% had two children and 9.0% had three or more children.
Eurostat also notes that single-parent families were predominantly headed by women. Specifically, around 5 million households, or 81.6% of all single-parent households with children, had a female head of household, while men accounted for 18.4%.