First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Cyprus
Cyprus: First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants was 61.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Cyprus, 2008–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 61.5% for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.3% on the previous year and down 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Cyprus peaked at 100.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 61.5%, in 2025.
Cyprus ranks 39th of 40 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 100.0% | — |
| 2009 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98.7% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 98.6% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 97.3% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 91.6% | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 85.0% | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 92.9% | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 96.7% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 97.3% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 98.0% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 93.0% | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 94.3% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 97.0% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 97.3% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 97.9% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 73.5% | -24.9% |
| 2025 | 61.5% | -16.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 94.9% | 85.0% | 98.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 61.5% | 97.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More reference data data for Cyprus
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.043 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0752 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1565 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0045 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1565 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1441 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1715 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3058 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7841 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0245 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Cyprus?
- First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Cyprus was 61.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2008.
- What is the lowest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.5% in 2025.
- How does Cyprus rank for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants?
- Cyprus ranks 39th out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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