Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Cyprus
Cyprus: Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / was 247,000 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Cyprus, 2009–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 247,000 for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Cyprus peaked at 272,000 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 201,000, in 2009.
Cyprus ranks 32nd of 62 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 201,000 | — |
| 2010 | 208,000 | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 208,000 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 210,000 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 212,000 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 212,000 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 272,000 | +28.3% |
| 2016 | 272,000 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 217,000 | -20.2% |
| 2018 | 228,000 | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 228,000 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 228,000 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 242,000 | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 246,000 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 248,000 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 245,000 | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 247,000 | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 201,000 | 201,000 | 201,000 | 1 |
| 2010s | 226,700 | 208,000 | 272,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 242,667 | 228,000 | 248,000 | 6 |
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 internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Cyprus?
- Internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / in Cyprus was 247,000 in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 272,000 in 2015.
- What is the lowest internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 201,000 in 2009.
- How does Cyprus rank for internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum /?
- Cyprus ranks 32nd out of 62 countries with data for 2025.
- Is internally displaced people (idp) by country or territory of asylum / rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / origin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Internally displaced people (IDPs) are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of, or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, and violations of human rights, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.