Emigration in Cyprus
Cyprus recorded 26,883 emigrants in 2024.
Cyprus, 2024
26,883
Change from 2023
−0.4%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
22nd of 33
Emigration in Cyprus over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cyprus | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26,883 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 26,979 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 21,118 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 13,244 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 14,200 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 18,598 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 17,562 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 16,931 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 16,445 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 15,733 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 16,020 emigrants | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 20,679 emigrants | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 19,986 emigrants | – |
| 2011 | 4,895 emigrants | – |
| 2010 | 4,293 emigrants | – |
| 2009 | 4,797 emigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2008 | 4,474 emigrants | – |
| 2007 | 4,106 emigrants | – |
| 2006 | 2,778 emigrants | – |
| 2005 | 2,192 emigrants | – |
| 2004 | 1,913 emigrants | – |
| 2003 | 1,696 emigrants | – |
| 2002 | 1,474 emigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4% from 26,979 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 16,020 emigrants, the figure has changed by +67.8%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Cyprus has the 22nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Cyprus
All statistics for Cyprus
Immigration
40,471 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
7,749 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
2,800 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
2,835 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
11.3p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
6.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division