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

9 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 8 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
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sierra Leone	Sri Lanka	Slovenia
2023	20.26 m	94.1 m	41.44 m	941.56 m	619.22 m		3.87 m
2022	14.67 m	80.91 m	35.58 m	852.83 m	250.75 m		3.25 m	1,866
2021	2.45 m	43.44 m	19.35 m	666.15 m	440.3 m		871,685	21,037
2020	7.8 m	26.56 m	14.75 m	369.5 m	417.26 m		1.24 m	78,565
2019	27.76 m	88.24 m	46.36 m	926.74 m	659.63 m		5.58 m	869,640
2018	27.24 m	80.71 m	44.42 m	889.02 m	611.44 m		5.88 m	1.09 m
2017	26.29 m	71.6 m	42.76 m	849.4 m	551.23 m		5.4 m	1.09 m
2016	29.12 m	66.67 m	40.08 m	824.04 m	487.96 m		5.28 m	1.01 m
2015	28.6 m	60.56 m	35.69 m	798.22 m	436.18 m		4.91 m	1.05 m
2014	27.19 m	53.07 m	33.96 m	762.71 m	390.88 m		4.76 m	916,981
2013	27.85 m	48.06 m	33.46 m	743.17 m	352.8 m		4.79 m	857,000
2012	31.07 m	48.09 m	31.67 m	736.7 m	318.48 m	50,193	4.62 m	816,630
2011	33.92 m	52.74 m	29.96 m	730.8 m	292.16 m	48,789	3.67 m	972,711
2010	32.65 m	52.85 m	26.98 m	720.5 m	266.29 m	0	3.01 m	979,803
2009	33.19 m	49.29 m	29.11 m	679.42 m	229.06 m	21,784	2.42 m	953,378
2008	30.67 m	55.21 m	29.6 m	701.78 m	191 m	21,420	2.95 m	1.1 m
2007	37.83 m	60.66 m	28.86 m	744.3 m	183.61 m	20,252	3.21 m	945,420
2006	36.71 m	53.12 m	27.45 m	725.53 m	158.01 m	18,752	3.1 m	860,735
2005	36.12 m	49.86 m	26.13 m	720.55 m	136.72 m	16,743	2.82 m	757,651
2004	35.92 m	45.54 m	25.6 m	678.11 m	119.79 m	15,503	2.41 m	764,991
2003	36.35 m	42.51 m	23.45 m	589 m	86.04 m	13,599	1.96 m	758,392
2002	28.24 m	40.38 m	22.93 m	598.41 m	83.67 m	13,877	1.74 m	720,513
2001	31.03 m	41.47 m	20.07 m	622.19 m	72.66 m	13,877	1.72 m	689,635
2000	30.42 m	39.71 m	20.9 m	665.33 m	61.89 m	19,009	1.76 m	627,907
1999	28.28 m	33.56 m	19.74 m	634.36 m	55.85 m		1.42 m	555,500
1998	27.46 m	31.59 m	18.68 m	588.17 m	53.23 m	0	1.21 m	459,900
1997	28.18 m	30.32 m	17.89 m	590.57 m	52.28 m	0	1.23 m	403,800
1996	25.84 m	27.76 m	17.11 m	571.07 m	51.77 m	15,200	1.17 m	393,000
1995	23.67 m	25.77 m	16.38 m	533.51 m	47.56 m	14,500	1.16 m	370,700
1994	22.96 m	22.36 m	12.89 m	514.92 m	37.6 m	14,500	1.07 m	339,600
1993	21.9 m	22.28 m	11.77 m	469.93 m	31.31 m	17,500	993,800	291,200
1992	21.77 m	23.39 m	10.09 m	466.96 m	27.35 m	16,500	1.05 m	188,400
1991	18.85 m	20.94 m	8.89 m	452.02 m	19.52 m		892,700
1990	19.75 m	21.65 m	8.56 m	464.57 m	16.6 m	30,000	891,800
1989	17.44 m	20.27 m	8.25 m	453.16 m	11.08 m	29,600	744,500
1988	15.65 m	18.98 m	7.86 m	454.2 m	17 m	43,600	694,300
1987	15.27 m	16.55 m	7.4 m	441.83 m	12.5 m	28,900	586,900
1986	13.81 m	15.4 m	6.38 m	414.55 m	10 m	59,000	611,400
1985	14.41 m	14.85 m	6.03 m	372.06 m	7.3 m	58,000	698,600
1984	12.59 m	14.28 m	5.65 m	340.19 m	5 m	56,000	681,300
1983	12 m	14.54 m	5.28 m	315.6 m	3.84 m	26,400	616,500
1982	11.61 m	14.64 m	5.2 m	290.99 m	3.94 m	34,000	572,700
1981	10.49 m	14.6 m	5.06 m	281.09 m	3.24 m	30,200	405,200
1980	9.96 m	15.09 m	4.98 m	295.33 m	2.57 m	30,000	235,000
1979	9.46 m	15.68 m	4.92 m	313.62 m	2.52 m	28,500	105,300
1978	9.51 m	15.37 m	4.72 m	273.03 m	1.54 m	28,500	100,000
1977	9.42 m	13.33 m	4.45 m	240.14 m	1.11 m	27,300	181,000
1976	8.24 m	11.8 m	4.08 m	223.02 m	1.05 m	26,000	127,700
1975	8.36 m	10.96 m	3.83 m	204.9 m	1 m	23,000	117,300
1974	8.63 m	10.2 m	3.63 m	207.61 m	710,000		107,700
1973	8.19 m	9.96 m	3.68 m	202.31 m			108,500
1972	7.46 m	8.65 m	3.28 m	191.33 m			116,000
1971	7.64 m	7.51 m	3.01 m	174.14 m			116,000
1970	6.74 m	6.35 m	2.88 m	163.45 m			104,600

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.

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