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Aircraft departures

IS.AIR.DPRT

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Kuwait. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, United Kingdom: 839,1802023
Period covered: 1970 - 202354 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 9.27 mUnited States, 2023
Lowest of the compared countries: 68,356Kuwait, 2023

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States9.27 m2023
China4.91 m2023
United Kingdom839,1802023
Spain662,4922023
Netherlands307,4322023
Italy185,4582023
South Africa169,1542023
Kuwait68,3562023

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Africa	Kuwait
2023	839,180	185,458	662,492	307,432	9.27 m	4.91 m	169,154	68,356
2022	713,976	149,145	616,749	272,318	8.84 m	2.51 m	141,137	53,616
2021	289,731	37,123	381,188	206,208	8.01 m	3.91 m	126,160	20,436
2020	303,493	99,250	261,972	170,981	6.18 m	3.67 m	88,579	17,004
2019	1.06 m	260,599	677,579	361,156	10.1 m	4.96 m	248,747	50,959
2018	1.24 m	251,621	641,097	330,963	9.88 m	4.69 m	234,156	46,450
2017	1.18 m	243,811	579,842	342,097	9.64 m	4.36 m	216,275	42,782
2016	1.18 m	277,671	566,775	334,240	9.64 m	3.95 m	212,865	33,387
2015	1.1 m	273,462	534,895	309,089	9.5 m	3.62 m	209,734	30,073
2014	1.06 m	264,899	486,354	304,795	9.56 m	3.36 m	199,601	26,610
2013	1.05 m	258,027	465,559	312,910	9.75 m	3.07 m	184,763	27,305
2012	1.05 m	306,321	471,441	307,221	9.86 m	2.78 m	197,817	28,814
2011	1.06 m	328,772	535,074	293,886	10.06 m	2.54 m	191,507	31,753
2010	985,109	335,280	546,299	268,542	10.1 m	2.38 m	190,441	41,848
2009	1 m	382,897	547,971	291,713	9.18 m	2.14 m	151,292	18,191
2008	1.06 m	382,590	616,893	262,848	9.05 m	1.85 m	156,567	17,999
2007	1.04 m	431,647	657,606	259,827	9.82 m	1.75 m	152,550	17,685
2006	1.04 m	447,749	602,978	250,811	9.74 m	1.54 m	146,648	20,673
2005	1.02 m	445,968	586,438	241,084	9.97 m	1.35 m	148,146	19,142
2004	970,036	382,317	549,963	254,647	9.57 m	1.21 m	133,222	19,512
2003	891,154	385,911	518,836	248,246	7.79 m	946,354	130,938	17,833
2002	924,944	350,552	493,019	250,114	8.04 m	932,064	116,985	18,929
2001	925,638	393,484	517,481	222,539	8.54 m	840,911	122,561	16,682
2000	876,158	367,584	485,856	229,386	8.82 m	572,921	110,392	17,486
1999	840,800	358,900	414,200	224,400	8.51 m	547,800	103,800	17,300
1998	801,900	338,200	387,900	188,200	7.82 m	510,500	93,200	18,700
1997	788,900	321,400	370,400	185,700	7.94 m	470,200	102,200	17,200
1996	772,300	306,800	332,800	206,000	8.03 m	493,000	88,400	19,400
1995	724,800	280,000	313,200	203,100	7.68 m	397,600	74,300	17,900
1994	684,900	268,900	282,300	176,800	7.25 m	325,900	89,300	17,200
1993	659,400	265,300	282,200	189,800	6.43 m	261,600	93,700	16,200
1992	654,600	261,400	289,700	173,200	6.58 m	200,300	79,900	14,300
1991	615,500	231,500	262,600	130,500	6.62 m	190,300	78,600	7,200
1990	670,700	229,400	244,700	115,000	6.85 m	196,000	84,000	10,000
1989	639,100	214,200	225,500	122,200	6.52 m	159,200	81,200	15,600
1988	573,300	189,700	207,200	121,700	6.63 m	176,900	60,800	15,000
1987	522,900	180,100	183,000	118,100	6.4 m	159,700	55,800	14,300
1986	498,900	172,400	180,400	102,600	6.11 m	127,900	51,000	14,300
1985	471,700	174,700	181,700	98,700	5.55 m	102,200	64,200	14,200
1984	457,900	161,100	184,900	94,600	5.21 m	92,500	67,200	14,700
1983	435,600	160,700	194,000	96,000	4.81 m	74,000	64,100	14,600
1982	433,200	158,900	191,000	97,000	4.57 m	69,800	70,100	13,300
1981	434,000	152,800	188,700	91,700	4.63 m	57,300	69,800	13,400
1980	477,500	162,500	207,900	93,800	4.96 m	51,000	64,600	12,900
1979	476,900	160,700	214,200	93,100	5.04 m	63,000	63,100	12,500
1978	462,600	159,700	209,300	93,300	4.86 m	34,000	58,100	12,500
1977	413,300	166,900	192,700	89,100	4.8 m	28,800	58,500	11,600
1976	409,300	171,100	184,500	85,300	4.69 m	27,700	59,400	9,700
1975	397,100	171,700	181,800	85,100	4.58 m	26,600	58,600	8,400
1974	429,400	185,100	178,800	88,700	4.65 m	21,200	55,700	7,600
1973	446,300	184,900	176,400	87,500	5.06 m		47,800	7,000
1972	435,200	204,800	167,300	85,900	4.99 m		47,600	6,800
1971	432,200	196,300	159,400	84,800	5 m		46,000	6,800
1970	441,800	183,500	146,900	84,200	5.1 m		39,800	6,700

World Bank definition

Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide

Registered carrier departures worldwide are domestic takeoffs and takeoffs abroad of air carriers registered in the country.

Text published by the World Bank for indicator IS.AIR.DPRT, reproduced unchanged.

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