Industry & Services

Air passengers

IS.AIR.PSGR

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Ghana. 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, Italy: 20.26 m2023
Period covered: 1970 - 202354 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 941.56 mUnited States, 2023
Lowest of the compared countries: 50,193Sierra Leone, 2012

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

United States941.56 m2023
China619.22 m2023
Spain94.1 m2023
Netherlands41.44 m2023
Italy20.26 m2023
Ghana440,6802023
Sierra Leone50,1932012

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sierra Leone	Ghana
2023	20.26 m	94.1 m	41.44 m	941.56 m	619.22 m		440,680
2022	14.67 m	80.91 m	35.58 m	852.83 m	250.75 m		548,131
2021	2.45 m	43.44 m	19.35 m	666.15 m	440.3 m		559,393
2020	7.8 m	26.56 m	14.75 m	369.5 m	417.26 m		321,437
2019	27.76 m	88.24 m	46.36 m	926.74 m	659.63 m		597,343
2018	27.24 m	80.71 m	44.42 m	889.02 m	611.44 m		467,624
2017	26.29 m	71.6 m	42.76 m	849.4 m	551.23 m		681,691
2016	29.12 m	66.67 m	40.08 m	824.04 m	487.96 m		359,516
2015	28.6 m	60.56 m	35.69 m	798.22 m	436.18 m		390,457
2014	27.19 m	53.07 m	33.96 m	762.71 m	390.88 m		407,544
2013	27.85 m	48.06 m	33.46 m	743.17 m	352.8 m		396,372
2012	31.07 m	48.09 m	31.67 m	736.7 m	318.48 m	50,193	691,272
2011	33.92 m	52.74 m	29.96 m	730.8 m	292.16 m	48,789	491,583
2010	32.65 m	52.85 m	26.98 m	720.5 m	266.29 m	0	169,031
2009	33.19 m	49.29 m	29.11 m	679.42 m	229.06 m	21,784
2008	30.67 m	55.21 m	29.6 m	701.78 m	191 m	21,420
2007	37.83 m	60.66 m	28.86 m	744.3 m	183.61 m	20,252
2006	36.71 m	53.12 m	27.45 m	725.53 m	158.01 m	18,752
2005	36.12 m	49.86 m	26.13 m	720.55 m	136.72 m	16,743
2004	35.92 m	45.54 m	25.6 m	678.11 m	119.79 m	15,503	96,444
2003	36.35 m	42.51 m	23.45 m	589 m	86.04 m	13,599	241,111
2002	28.24 m	40.38 m	22.93 m	598.41 m	83.67 m	13,877	255,630
2001	31.03 m	41.47 m	20.07 m	622.19 m	72.66 m	13,877	301,135
2000	30.42 m	39.71 m	20.9 m	665.33 m	61.89 m	19,009	314,335
1999	28.28 m	33.56 m	19.74 m	634.36 m	55.85 m		304,100
1998	27.46 m	31.59 m	18.68 m	588.17 m	53.23 m	0	209,800
1997	28.18 m	30.32 m	17.89 m	590.57 m	52.28 m	0	210,600
1996	25.84 m	27.76 m	17.11 m	571.07 m	51.77 m	15,200	197,200
1995	23.67 m	25.77 m	16.38 m	533.51 m	47.56 m	14,500	185,900
1994	22.96 m	22.36 m	12.89 m	514.92 m	37.6 m	14,500	182,500
1993	21.9 m	22.28 m	11.77 m	469.93 m	31.31 m	17,500	152,400
1992	21.77 m	23.39 m	10.09 m	466.96 m	27.35 m	16,500	206,000
1991	18.85 m	20.94 m	8.89 m	452.02 m	19.52 m		191,700
1990	19.75 m	21.65 m	8.56 m	464.57 m	16.6 m	30,000	188,100
1989	17.44 m	20.27 m	8.25 m	453.16 m	11.08 m	29,600	231,900
1988	15.65 m	18.98 m	7.86 m	454.2 m	17 m	43,600	247,800
1987	15.27 m	16.55 m	7.4 m	441.83 m	12.5 m	28,900	224,400
1986	13.81 m	15.4 m	6.38 m	414.55 m	10 m	59,000	247,900
1985	14.41 m	14.85 m	6.03 m	372.06 m	7.3 m	58,000	252,600
1984	12.59 m	14.28 m	5.65 m	340.19 m	5 m	56,000	261,000
1983	12 m	14.54 m	5.28 m	315.6 m	3.84 m	26,400	271,400
1982	11.61 m	14.64 m	5.2 m	290.99 m	3.94 m	34,000	230,000
1981	10.49 m	14.6 m	5.06 m	281.09 m	3.24 m	30,200	288,800
1980	9.96 m	15.09 m	4.98 m	295.33 m	2.57 m	30,000	279,000
1979	9.46 m	15.68 m	4.92 m	313.62 m	2.52 m	28,500	330,400
1978	9.51 m	15.37 m	4.72 m	273.03 m	1.54 m	28,500	309,700
1977	9.42 m	13.33 m	4.45 m	240.14 m	1.11 m	27,300	248,800
1976	8.24 m	11.8 m	4.08 m	223.02 m	1.05 m	26,000	233,500
1975	8.36 m	10.96 m	3.83 m	204.9 m	1 m	23,000	153,800
1974	8.63 m	10.2 m	3.63 m	207.61 m	710,000		148,200
1973	8.19 m	9.96 m	3.68 m	202.31 m			135,600
1972	7.46 m	8.65 m	3.28 m	191.33 m			131,700
1971	7.64 m	7.51 m	3.01 m	174.14 m			135,600
1970	6.74 m	6.35 m	2.88 m	163.45 m			116,700

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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