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: 20.26 m for Italy 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 (Sudan, 911,090).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sudan	Norway
2023	20.26 m	94.1 m	41.44 m	941.56 m	619.22 m	911,090
2022	14.67 m	80.91 m	35.58 m	852.83 m	250.75 m	1.59 m
2021	2.45 m	43.44 m	19.35 m	666.15 m	440.3 m	1.39 m
2020	7.8 m	26.56 m	14.75 m	369.5 m	417.26 m	386,838
2019	27.76 m	88.24 m	46.36 m	926.74 m	659.63 m	530,001
2018	27.24 m	80.71 m	44.42 m	889.02 m	611.44 m	561,520
2017	26.29 m	71.6 m	42.76 m	849.4 m	551.23 m	557,792
2016	29.12 m	66.67 m	40.08 m	824.04 m	487.96 m	292,843
2015	28.6 m	60.56 m	35.69 m	798.22 m	436.18 m	496,177
2014	27.19 m	53.07 m	33.96 m	762.71 m	390.88 m	501,864
2013	27.85 m	48.06 m	33.46 m	743.17 m	352.8 m	541,644
2012	31.07 m	48.09 m	31.67 m	736.7 m	318.48 m	777,346
2011	33.92 m	52.74 m	29.96 m	730.8 m	292.16 m	947,031
2010	32.65 m	52.85 m	26.98 m	720.5 m	266.29 m	580,325
2009	33.19 m	49.29 m	29.11 m	679.42 m	229.06 m	606,558
2008	30.67 m	55.21 m	29.6 m	701.78 m	191 m	617,785
2007	37.83 m	60.66 m	28.86 m	744.3 m	183.61 m	598,151
2006	36.71 m	53.12 m	27.45 m	725.53 m	158.01 m	563,026
2005	36.12 m	49.86 m	26.13 m	720.55 m	136.72 m	510,977
2004	35.92 m	45.54 m	25.6 m	678.11 m	119.79 m	473,127	12.28 m
2003	36.35 m	42.51 m	23.45 m	589 m	86.04 m	420,498	12.81 m
2002	28.24 m	40.38 m	22.93 m	598.41 m	83.67 m	409,178	13.7 m
2001	31.03 m	41.47 m	20.07 m	622.19 m	72.66 m	414,983	14.56 m
2000	30.42 m	39.71 m	20.9 m	665.33 m	61.89 m	414,179	15.18 m
1999	28.28 m	33.56 m	19.74 m	634.36 m	55.85 m	390,300	15.01 m
1998	27.46 m	31.59 m	18.68 m	588.17 m	53.23 m	498,700	14.29 m
1997	28.18 m	30.32 m	17.89 m	590.57 m	52.28 m	333,100	13.76 m
1996	25.84 m	27.76 m	17.11 m	571.07 m	51.77 m	490,800	12.73 m
1995	23.67 m	25.77 m	16.38 m	533.51 m	47.56 m	496,900	11.7 m
1994	22.96 m	22.36 m	12.89 m	514.92 m	37.6 m	432,400	11.13 m
1993	21.9 m	22.28 m	11.77 m	469.93 m	31.31 m	407,900	10.38 m
1992	21.77 m	23.39 m	10.09 m	466.96 m	27.35 m	480,000	9.66 m
1991	18.85 m	20.94 m	8.89 m	452.02 m	19.52 m	363,200	8.86 m
1990	19.75 m	21.65 m	8.56 m	464.57 m	16.6 m	454,100	8.93 m
1989	17.44 m	20.27 m	8.25 m	453.16 m	11.08 m	363,200	8.3 m
1988	15.65 m	18.98 m	7.86 m	454.2 m	17 m	533,700	8.26 m
1987	15.27 m	16.55 m	7.4 m	441.83 m	12.5 m	417,200	8.15 m
1986	13.81 m	15.4 m	6.38 m	414.55 m	10 m	347,400	7.49 m
1985	14.41 m	14.85 m	6.03 m	372.06 m	7.3 m	428,000	6.8 m
1984	12.59 m	14.28 m	5.65 m	340.19 m	5 m	485,000	6.11 m
1983	12 m	14.54 m	5.28 m	315.6 m	3.84 m	473,000	5.61 m
1982	11.61 m	14.64 m	5.2 m	290.99 m	3.94 m	477,600	5.21 m
1981	10.49 m	14.6 m	5.06 m	281.09 m	3.24 m	465,300	4.98 m
1980	9.96 m	15.09 m	4.98 m	295.33 m	2.57 m	519,000	4.8 m
1979	9.46 m	15.68 m	4.92 m	313.62 m	2.52 m	424,000	4.87 m
1978	9.51 m	15.37 m	4.72 m	273.03 m	1.54 m	176,000	4.49 m
1977	9.42 m	13.33 m	4.45 m	240.14 m	1.11 m	378,500	4.19 m
1976	8.24 m	11.8 m	4.08 m	223.02 m	1.05 m	328,300	3.85 m
1975	8.36 m	10.96 m	3.83 m	204.9 m	1 m	250,000	3.53 m
1974	8.63 m	10.2 m	3.63 m	207.61 m	710,000	244,700	3.37 m
1973	8.19 m	9.96 m	3.68 m	202.31 m		221,500	3.34 m
1972	7.46 m	8.65 m	3.28 m	191.33 m		133,400	3.1 m
1971	7.64 m	7.51 m	3.01 m	174.14 m		139,500	2.79 m
1970	6.74 m	6.35 m	2.88 m	163.45 m		124,700	2.41 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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