Homicides in Cyprus
Cyprus: Homicides was 13 homicides in 2024. ▲ Rising
Homicides in Cyprus, 1990–2024
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in homicides.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 13 homicides for homicides in 2024.
That represents a change of up 18.2% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicides in Cyprus peaked at 22 homicides in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1 homicides, in 1991.
That places Cyprus 142nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Homicides in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | homicides | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 homicides | — |
| 1991 | 1 homicides | -80.0% |
| 1992 | 2 homicides | +100.0% |
| 1993 | 5 homicides | +150.0% |
| 1994 | 7 homicides | +40.0% |
| 1995 | 9 homicides | +28.6% |
| 1996 | 10 homicides | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 6 homicides | -40.0% |
| 1998 | 7 homicides | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 10 homicides | +42.9% |
| 2000 | 8 homicides | -20.0% |
| 2001 | 7 homicides | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 2 homicides | -71.4% |
| 2004 | 16 homicides | +700.0% |
| 2005 | 20 homicides | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 15 homicides | -25.0% |
| 2007 | 13 homicides | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 9 homicides | -30.8% |
| 2009 | 19 homicides | +111.1% |
| 2010 | 8 homicides | -57.9% |
| 2011 | 9 homicides | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 22 homicides | +144.4% |
| 2013 | 12 homicides | -45.5% |
| 2014 | 11 homicides | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 15 homicides | +36.4% |
| 2016 | 13 homicides | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 7 homicides | -46.2% |
| 2018 | 15 homicides | +114.3% |
| 2019 | 15 homicides | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 homicides | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 16 homicides | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 8 homicides | -50.0% |
| 2023 | 11 homicides | +37.5% |
| 2024 | 13 homicides | +18.2% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 13 homicides is below the median for high income countries, which is 52.5 homicides, 25% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 13 homicides is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 74.5 homicides, 17% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Homicides in Cyprus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +700.0% | 2 homicides | 16 homicides |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.2 homicides | 1 homicides | 10 homicides | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.11 homicides | 2 homicides | 20 homicides | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.7 homicides | 7 homicides | 22 homicides | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.6 homicides | 8 homicides | 16 homicides | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More social development data for Cyprus
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 48,207 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0352 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicides in Cyprus?
- Homicides in Cyprus was 13 homicides in 2024, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicides recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 22 homicides in 2012.
- What is the lowest homicides recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 homicides in 1991.
- How does Cyprus rank for homicides?
- Cyprus ranks 142nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is homicides rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Homicides. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of intentional homicides.