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	Senegal
2023	20.26 m	94.1 m	41.44 m	941.56 m	619.22 m	911,090	1.07 m
2022	14.67 m	80.91 m	35.58 m	852.83 m	250.75 m	1.59 m	1.21 m
2021	2.45 m	43.44 m	19.35 m	666.15 m	440.3 m	1.39 m	359,706
2020	7.8 m	26.56 m	14.75 m	369.5 m	417.26 m	386,838	271,331
2019	27.76 m	88.24 m	46.36 m	926.74 m	659.63 m	530,001	457,722
2018	27.24 m	80.71 m	44.42 m	889.02 m	611.44 m	561,520	278,438
2017	26.29 m	71.6 m	42.76 m	849.4 m	551.23 m	557,792	21,038
2016	29.12 m	66.67 m	40.08 m	824.04 m	487.96 m	292,843	9,874
2015	28.6 m	60.56 m	35.69 m	798.22 m	436.18 m	496,177	115,355
2014	27.19 m	53.07 m	33.96 m	762.71 m	390.88 m	501,864	131,964
2013	27.85 m	48.06 m	33.46 m	743.17 m	352.8 m	541,644	219,996
2012	31.07 m	48.09 m	31.67 m	736.7 m	318.48 m	777,346	543,988
2011	33.92 m	52.74 m	29.96 m	730.8 m	292.16 m	947,031	391,401
2010	32.65 m	52.85 m	26.98 m	720.5 m	266.29 m	580,325	0
2009	33.19 m	49.29 m	29.11 m	679.42 m	229.06 m	606,558	572,609
2008	30.67 m	55.21 m	29.6 m	701.78 m	191 m	617,785	567,101
2007	37.83 m	60.66 m	28.86 m	744.3 m	183.61 m	598,151	538,845
2006	36.71 m	53.12 m	27.45 m	725.53 m	158.01 m	563,026	500,677
2005	36.12 m	49.86 m	26.13 m	720.55 m	136.72 m	510,977	449,682
2004	35.92 m	45.54 m	25.6 m	678.11 m	119.79 m	473,127	416,372
2003	36.35 m	42.51 m	23.45 m	589 m	86.04 m	420,498	129,974
2002	28.24 m	40.38 m	22.93 m	598.41 m	83.67 m	409,178	231,333
2001	31.03 m	41.47 m	20.07 m	622.19 m	72.66 m	414,983	176,413
2000	30.42 m	39.71 m	20.9 m	665.33 m	61.89 m	414,179	97,525
1999	28.28 m	33.56 m	19.74 m	634.36 m	55.85 m	390,300	103,400
1998	27.46 m	31.59 m	18.68 m	588.17 m	53.23 m	498,700	121,400
1997	28.18 m	30.32 m	17.89 m	590.57 m	52.28 m	333,100	165,500
1996	25.84 m	27.76 m	17.11 m	571.07 m	51.77 m	490,800	155,100
1995	23.67 m	25.77 m	16.38 m	533.51 m	47.56 m	496,900	149,700
1994	22.96 m	22.36 m	12.89 m	514.92 m	37.6 m	432,400	141,200
1993	21.9 m	22.28 m	11.77 m	469.93 m	31.31 m	407,900	140,200
1992	21.77 m	23.39 m	10.09 m	466.96 m	27.35 m	480,000	138,300
1991	18.85 m	20.94 m	8.89 m	452.02 m	19.52 m	363,200	138,400
1990	19.75 m	21.65 m	8.56 m	464.57 m	16.6 m	454,100	148,300
1989	17.44 m	20.27 m	8.25 m	453.16 m	11.08 m	363,200	139,700
1988	15.65 m	18.98 m	7.86 m	454.2 m	17 m	533,700	135,400
1987	15.27 m	16.55 m	7.4 m	441.83 m	12.5 m	417,200	135,800
1986	13.81 m	15.4 m	6.38 m	414.55 m	10 m	347,400	144,100
1985	14.41 m	14.85 m	6.03 m	372.06 m	7.3 m	428,000	132,100
1984	12.59 m	14.28 m	5.65 m	340.19 m	5 m	485,000	126,300
1983	12 m	14.54 m	5.28 m	315.6 m	3.84 m	473,000	124,500
1982	11.61 m	14.64 m	5.2 m	290.99 m	3.94 m	477,600	118,300
1981	10.49 m	14.6 m	5.06 m	281.09 m	3.24 m	465,300	116,100
1980	9.96 m	15.09 m	4.98 m	295.33 m	2.57 m	519,000	113,100
1979	9.46 m	15.68 m	4.92 m	313.62 m	2.52 m	424,000	142,300
1978	9.51 m	15.37 m	4.72 m	273.03 m	1.54 m	176,000	137,200
1977	9.42 m	13.33 m	4.45 m	240.14 m	1.11 m	378,500	128,400
1976	8.24 m	11.8 m	4.08 m	223.02 m	1.05 m	328,300	120,400
1975	8.36 m	10.96 m	3.83 m	204.9 m	1 m	250,000	110,000
1974	8.63 m	10.2 m	3.63 m	207.61 m	710,000	244,700	102,500
1973	8.19 m	9.96 m	3.68 m	202.31 m		221,500	94,600
1972	7.46 m	8.65 m	3.28 m	191.33 m		133,400	88,900
1971	7.64 m	7.51 m	3.01 m	174.14 m		139,500	89,400
1970	6.74 m	6.35 m	2.88 m	163.45 m		124,700	85,100

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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