Social Development in Cyprus

160 indicators covering social development for Cyprus.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 10 2025 up 100.0% 189th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 77.9% 183rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 3.4% 175th
Political Rights Score 38 2025 unchanged 19th
Freedom Score 90 2025 down 4.3% 37th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 23,162 2025 up 948.1% 38th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0169 units per person 2025 up 832.4% 3rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 406.1% 21st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -80.77 % change on previous year 2025 188th
Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -15.94 % change on previous year 2025 down 71.8% 115th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.907 2025 up 2.1% 20th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.982 2025 up 1.2% 8th
Political Corruption Index 0.166 2025 up 16.9% 137th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.166 2025 up 16.9% 137th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.09 2024 up 7.3% 82nd
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0041 units per square kilometre 2023 147th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 3.43 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,104.4% 4th
LGBT+ Rights Index 3.95 2019 up 90.8% 54th
Forcibly displaced people 318,369 2025 up 13.2% 54th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 up 100.0% 1st
Age of electoral democracy 49 years 2025 up 25.6% 42nd
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 56 2024 down 11.1% 47th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.86 2024 down 7.4% 101st
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.37 2024 down 3.7% 79th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.9345 2024 down 21.2% 58th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.4442 2024 up 5.8% 185th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.13 2025 up 10.5% 61st
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.13 2025 up 10.5% 61st
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 45.2% 2024 up 6.6% 72nd
Homicide rate 0.9571 homicides per 100,000 population 2024 up 4.6% 134th
Homicides 13 homicides 2024 up 18.2% 142nd
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 0.9571 homicides per 100,000 population 2024 up 4.6% 134th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 0.9571 homicides per 100,000 population 2024 up 4.6% 133rd
Age of electoral democracy 51 years 2025 up 24.4% 26th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy -0.1302 2020 down 113.4% 65th
Homicides 7 deaths 2022 down 63.2% 100th
Child homicide rate 0.3578 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 3.1% 58th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.2259 2020 down 46.9% 51st
Homicide rate 0.7603 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 65.4% 77th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 0.7603 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 65.4% 77th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 1st
Homicides 17.69 deaths 2021 down 46.3% 165th
Homicide rate 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.7% 148th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 1.43 2021 down 50.5% 142nd
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 349,000 2030 down 2.2% 120th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 8.02 2030 up 19.9% 57th