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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, Namibia. 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: 2,960Namibia, 2023

Countries compared

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

Latest known valuesorted by value

United States9.27 m2023
China4.91 m2023
United Kingdom839,1802023
Spain662,4922023
Netherlands307,4322023
Italy185,4582023
South Africa169,1542023
Namibia2,9602023

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Africa	Namibia
2023	839,180	185,458	662,492	307,432	9.27 m	4.91 m	169,154	2,960
2022	713,976	149,145	616,749	272,318	8.84 m	2.51 m	141,137
2021	289,731	37,123	381,188	206,208	8.01 m	3.91 m	126,160	32.36
2020	303,493	99,250	261,972	170,981	6.18 m	3.67 m	88,579	593.37
2019	1.06 m	260,599	677,579	361,156	10.1 m	4.96 m	248,747	1,806
2018	1.24 m	251,621	641,097	330,963	9.88 m	4.69 m	234,156	14,543
2017	1.18 m	243,811	579,842	342,097	9.64 m	4.36 m	216,275	13,876
2016	1.18 m	277,671	566,775	334,240	9.64 m	3.95 m	212,865	11,759
2015	1.1 m	273,462	534,895	309,089	9.5 m	3.62 m	209,734	10,606
2014	1.06 m	264,899	486,354	304,795	9.56 m	3.36 m	199,601	9,197
2013	1.05 m	258,027	465,559	312,910	9.75 m	3.07 m	184,763	8,568
2012	1.05 m	306,321	471,441	307,221	9.86 m	2.78 m	197,817	11,711
2011	1.06 m	328,772	535,074	293,886	10.06 m	2.54 m	191,507	9,400
2010	985,109	335,280	546,299	268,542	10.1 m	2.38 m	190,441	8,836
2009	1 m	382,897	547,971	291,713	9.18 m	2.14 m	151,292	5,439
2008	1.06 m	382,590	616,893	262,848	9.05 m	1.85 m	156,567	5,450
2007	1.04 m	431,647	657,606	259,827	9.82 m	1.75 m	152,550	6,942
2006	1.04 m	447,749	602,978	250,811	9.74 m	1.54 m	146,648	6,513
2005	1.02 m	445,968	586,438	241,084	9.97 m	1.35 m	148,146	6,455
2004	970,036	382,317	549,963	254,647	9.57 m	1.21 m	133,222	6,137
2003	891,154	385,911	518,836	248,246	7.79 m	946,354	130,938	6,034
2002	924,944	350,552	493,019	250,114	8.04 m	932,064	116,985	5,080
2001	925,638	393,484	517,481	222,539	8.54 m	840,911	122,561	5,131
2000	876,158	367,584	485,856	229,386	8.82 m	572,921	110,392	5,161
1999	840,800	358,900	414,200	224,400	8.51 m	547,800	103,800	5,500
1998	801,900	338,200	387,900	188,200	7.82 m	510,500	93,200	7,500
1997	788,900	321,400	370,400	185,700	7.94 m	470,200	102,200	7,400
1996	772,300	306,800	332,800	206,000	8.03 m	493,000	88,400	7,200
1995	724,800	280,000	313,200	203,100	7.68 m	397,600	74,300	6,800
1994	684,900	268,900	282,300	176,800	7.25 m	325,900	89,300	6,300
1993	659,400	265,300	282,200	189,800	6.43 m	261,600	93,700	6,300
1992	654,600	261,400	289,700	173,200	6.58 m	200,300	79,900	9,400
1991	615,500	231,500	262,600	130,500	6.62 m	190,300	78,600	8,100
1990	670,700	229,400	244,700	115,000	6.85 m	196,000	84,000
1989	639,100	214,200	225,500	122,200	6.52 m	159,200	81,200
1988	573,300	189,700	207,200	121,700	6.63 m	176,900	60,800
1987	522,900	180,100	183,000	118,100	6.4 m	159,700	55,800
1986	498,900	172,400	180,400	102,600	6.11 m	127,900	51,000
1985	471,700	174,700	181,700	98,700	5.55 m	102,200	64,200
1984	457,900	161,100	184,900	94,600	5.21 m	92,500	67,200
1983	435,600	160,700	194,000	96,000	4.81 m	74,000	64,100
1982	433,200	158,900	191,000	97,000	4.57 m	69,800	70,100
1981	434,000	152,800	188,700	91,700	4.63 m	57,300	69,800
1980	477,500	162,500	207,900	93,800	4.96 m	51,000	64,600
1979	476,900	160,700	214,200	93,100	5.04 m	63,000	63,100
1978	462,600	159,700	209,300	93,300	4.86 m	34,000	58,100
1977	413,300	166,900	192,700	89,100	4.8 m	28,800	58,500
1976	409,300	171,100	184,500	85,300	4.69 m	27,700	59,400
1975	397,100	171,700	181,800	85,100	4.58 m	26,600	58,600
1974	429,400	185,100	178,800	88,700	4.65 m	21,200	55,700
1973	446,300	184,900	176,400	87,500	5.06 m		47,800
1972	435,200	204,800	167,300	85,900	4.99 m		47,600
1971	432,200	196,300	159,400	84,800	5 m		46,000
1970	441,800	183,500	146,900	84,200	5.1 m		39,800

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.

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