Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Cyprus

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Cyprus in 2024 — 2,028.5 per 100k. Ranked 2 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3,839.2%.

2024 2,028.5 per 100k −13.84% vs 2023
World rank 2of 178
Period maximum 2,741.3 per 100k2022
Period minimum 51.5 per 100k2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Cyprus, 2000–202401,0002,0003,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 51.5 per 100k2001: 192.4 per 100k2002: 206.4 per 100k2003: 506.7 per 100k2004: 981.9 per 100k2005: 1,259.8 per 100k2006: 1,184.6 per 100k2007: 1,107.4 per 100k2008: 733.5 per 100k2009: 451 per 100k2010: 477.5 per 100k2011: 265.3 per 100k2012: 225.2 per 100k2013: 222.1 per 100k2014: 202.7 per 100k2015: 181.2 per 100k2016: 246.5 per 100k2017: 415.9 per 100k2018: 808 per 100k2019: 1,461.1 per 100k2020: 1,572.9 per 100k2021: 1,923.3 per 100k2022: 2,741.3 per 100k2023: 2,354.2 per 100k2024: 2,028.5 per 100k
Change over the period: +1,977 (+3,839.25%) Average annual rate: 16.54 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cyprus

Cyprus 2,028.5 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Europe & Central Asia computed 161 per 100k
Western Asia computed 96.9 per 100k
High-income countries computed 365 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Cyprus, by year Cyprus All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 2,028.5 −325.7 −13.84%
2023 2,354.2 −387.1 −14.12%
2022 2,741.3 +818 +42.53%
2021 1,923.3 +350.4 +22.28%
2020 1,572.9 +111.8 +7.65%
2019 1,461.1 +653.1 +80.83%
2018 808 +392.1 +94.29%
2017 415.9 +169.4 +68.73%
2016 246.5 +65.2 +36%
2015 181.2 −21.5 −10.59%
2014 202.7 −19.4 −8.72%
2013 222.1 −3.1 −1.37%
2012 225.2 −40.2 −15.14%
2011 265.3 −212.1 −44.43%
2010 477.5 +26.5 +5.87%
2009 451 −282.6 −38.52%
2008 733.5 −373.8 −33.76%
2007 1,107.4 −77.3 −6.52%
2006 1,184.6 −75.2 −5.97%
2005 1,259.8 +277.9 +28.3%
2004 981.9 +475.2 +93.79%
2003 506.7 +300.3 +145.46%
2002 206.4 +14 +7.29%
2001 192.4 +140.9 +273.63%
2000 51.5

About the indicator

The number of asylum seekers — people who have filed an application for protection and are awaiting a decision — per 100,000 people of the population of a country. They differ from refugees legally: the status has not yet been recognized. The indicator is sensitive to current events and reacts faster than the number of refugees: applications are filed at once, while decisions on them take months and years.

Important: The indicator depends not only on the number of arrivals but also on the speed at which migration services work: the longer applications are reviewed, the more people hold this status at the same time.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.