Industry & Services

Air passengers

IS.AIR.PSGR

Annual series published by the World Bank. 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.

Countries compared

8 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 118.95 m for United Kingdom in 2023, over a series running from 1970 to 2023 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 941.56 m) to the lowest (Slovenia, 1,866).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sierra Leone	Slovenia
2023	118.95 m	94.1 m	41.44 m	941.56 m	619.22 m
2022	95.91 m	80.91 m	35.58 m	852.83 m	250.75 m		1,866
2021	26.63 m	43.44 m	19.35 m	666.15 m	440.3 m		21,037
2020	30.24 m	26.56 m	14.75 m	369.5 m	417.26 m		78,565
2019	142.39 m	88.24 m	46.36 m	926.74 m	659.63 m		869,640
2018	165.39 m	80.71 m	44.42 m	889.02 m	611.44 m		1.09 m
2017	151.16 m	71.6 m	42.76 m	849.4 m	551.23 m		1.09 m
2016	143.78 m	66.67 m	40.08 m	824.04 m	487.96 m		1.01 m
2015	131.51 m	60.56 m	35.69 m	798.22 m	436.18 m		1.05 m
2014	124.9 m	53.07 m	33.96 m	762.71 m	390.88 m		916,981
2013	118.61 m	48.06 m	33.46 m	743.17 m	352.8 m		857,000
2012	115.42 m	48.09 m	31.67 m	736.7 m	318.48 m	50,193	816,630
2011	111.6 m	52.74 m	29.96 m	730.8 m	292.16 m	48,789	972,711
2010	101.52 m	52.85 m	26.98 m	720.5 m	266.29 m	0	979,803
2009	102.46 m	49.29 m	29.11 m	679.42 m	229.06 m	21,784	953,378
2008	104.71 m	55.21 m	29.6 m	701.78 m	191 m	21,420	1.1 m
2007	101.62 m	60.66 m	28.86 m	744.3 m	183.61 m	20,252	945,420
2006	97.54 m	53.12 m	27.45 m	725.53 m	158.01 m	18,752	860,735
2005	93.6 m	49.86 m	26.13 m	720.55 m	136.72 m	16,743	757,651
2004	86.05 m	45.54 m	25.6 m	678.11 m	119.79 m	15,503	764,991
2003	76.39 m	42.51 m	23.45 m	589 m	86.04 m	13,599	758,392
2002	72.38 m	40.38 m	22.93 m	598.41 m	83.67 m	13,877	720,513
2001	70.33 m	41.47 m	20.07 m	622.19 m	72.66 m	13,877	689,635
2000	70.44 m	39.71 m	20.9 m	665.33 m	61.89 m	19,009	627,907
1999	65.74 m	33.56 m	19.74 m	634.36 m	55.85 m		555,500
1998	61.94 m	31.59 m	18.68 m	588.17 m	53.23 m	0	459,900
1997	62.76 m	30.32 m	17.89 m	590.57 m	52.28 m	0	403,800
1996	64.21 m	27.76 m	17.11 m	571.07 m	51.77 m	15,200	393,000
1995	59.69 m	25.77 m	16.38 m	533.51 m	47.56 m	14,500	370,700
1994	55.48 m	22.36 m	12.89 m	514.92 m	37.6 m	14,500	339,600
1993	50.19 m	22.28 m	11.77 m	469.93 m	31.31 m	17,500	291,200
1992	47.82 m	23.39 m	10.09 m	466.96 m	27.35 m	16,500	188,400
1991	42.86 m	20.94 m	8.89 m	452.02 m	19.52 m
1990	47.11 m	21.65 m	8.56 m	464.57 m	16.6 m	30,000
1989	46.35 m	20.27 m	8.25 m	453.16 m	11.08 m	29,600
1988	37.57 m	18.98 m	7.86 m	454.2 m	17 m	43,600
1987	33.71 m	16.55 m	7.4 m	441.83 m	12.5 m	28,900
1986	29.37 m	15.4 m	6.38 m	414.55 m	10 m	59,000
1985	28.23 m	14.85 m	6.03 m	372.06 m	7.3 m	58,000
1984	25.83 m	14.28 m	5.65 m	340.19 m	5 m	56,000
1983	23.38 m	14.54 m	5.28 m	315.6 m	3.84 m	26,400
1982	23.87 m	14.64 m	5.2 m	290.99 m	3.94 m	34,000
1981	24.58 m	14.6 m	5.06 m	281.09 m	3.24 m	30,200
1980	25.55 m	15.09 m	4.98 m	295.33 m	2.57 m	30,000
1979	25.31 m	15.68 m	4.92 m	313.62 m	2.52 m	28,500
1978	23.19 m	15.37 m	4.72 m	273.03 m	1.54 m	28,500
1977	19.48 m	13.33 m	4.45 m	240.14 m	1.11 m	27,300
1976	19.47 m	11.8 m	4.08 m	223.02 m	1.05 m	26,000
1975	18.07 m	10.96 m	3.83 m	204.9 m	1 m	23,000
1974	18.06 m	10.2 m	3.63 m	207.61 m	710,000
1973	18.96 m	9.96 m	3.68 m	202.31 m
1972	17.31 m	8.65 m	3.28 m	191.33 m
1971	15.8 m	7.51 m	3.01 m	174.14 m
1970	15.57 m	6.35 m	2.88 m	163.45 m

World Bank definition

Air transport, passengers carried

Air carrier data per country refers to passengers carried by airlines registered in that country regardless of the origin or destination of the passengers.

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

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