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 (Sierra Leone, 50,193).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Sierra Leone	Mozambique
2023	20.26 m	94.1 m	41.44 m	941.56 m	619.22 m		680,108
2022	14.67 m	80.91 m	35.58 m	852.83 m	250.75 m		549,525
2021	2.45 m	43.44 m	19.35 m	666.15 m	440.3 m		411,739
2020	7.8 m	26.56 m	14.75 m	369.5 m	417.26 m		327,742
2019	27.76 m	88.24 m	46.36 m	926.74 m	659.63 m		587,364
2018	27.24 m	80.71 m	44.42 m	889.02 m	611.44 m		540,124
2017	26.29 m	71.6 m	42.76 m	849.4 m	551.23 m		569,211
2016	29.12 m	66.67 m	40.08 m	824.04 m	487.96 m		632,965
2015	28.6 m	60.56 m	35.69 m	798.22 m	436.18 m		676,028
2014	27.19 m	53.07 m	33.96 m	762.71 m	390.88 m		739,637
2013	27.85 m	48.06 m	33.46 m	743.17 m	352.8 m		701,472
2012	31.07 m	48.09 m	31.67 m	736.7 m	318.48 m	50,193	559,609
2011	33.92 m	52.74 m	29.96 m	730.8 m	292.16 m	48,789	577,020
2010	32.65 m	52.85 m	26.98 m	720.5 m	266.29 m	0	558,192
2009	33.19 m	49.29 m	29.11 m	679.42 m	229.06 m	21,784	490,019
2008	30.67 m	55.21 m	29.6 m	701.78 m	191 m	21,420	461,125
2007	37.83 m	60.66 m	28.86 m	744.3 m	183.61 m	20,252	443,010
2006	36.71 m	53.12 m	27.45 m	725.53 m	158.01 m	18,752	350,314
2005	36.12 m	49.86 m	26.13 m	720.55 m	136.72 m	16,743	346,830
2004	35.92 m	45.54 m	25.6 m	678.11 m	119.79 m	15,503	293,873
2003	36.35 m	42.51 m	23.45 m	589 m	86.04 m	13,599	280,516
2002	28.24 m	40.38 m	22.93 m	598.41 m	83.67 m	13,877	281,513
2001	31.03 m	41.47 m	20.07 m	622.19 m	72.66 m	13,877	264,216
2000	30.42 m	39.71 m	20.9 m	665.33 m	61.89 m	19,009	259,568
1999	28.28 m	33.56 m	19.74 m	634.36 m	55.85 m		234,800
1998	27.46 m	31.59 m	18.68 m	588.17 m	53.23 m	0	200,700
1997	28.18 m	30.32 m	17.89 m	590.57 m	52.28 m	0	188,400
1996	25.84 m	27.76 m	17.11 m	571.07 m	51.77 m	15,200	163,400
1995	23.67 m	25.77 m	16.38 m	533.51 m	47.56 m	14,500	168,200
1994	22.96 m	22.36 m	12.89 m	514.92 m	37.6 m	14,500	220,700
1993	21.9 m	22.28 m	11.77 m	469.93 m	31.31 m	17,500	206,200
1992	21.77 m	23.39 m	10.09 m	466.96 m	27.35 m	16,500	224,700
1991	18.85 m	20.94 m	8.89 m	452.02 m	19.52 m		282,800
1990	19.75 m	21.65 m	8.56 m	464.57 m	16.6 m	30,000	279,500
1989	17.44 m	20.27 m	8.25 m	453.16 m	11.08 m	29,600	242,900
1988	15.65 m	18.98 m	7.86 m	454.2 m	17 m	43,600	235,000
1987	15.27 m	16.55 m	7.4 m	441.83 m	12.5 m	28,900	210,600
1986	13.81 m	15.4 m	6.38 m	414.55 m	10 m	59,000	226,400
1985	14.41 m	14.85 m	6.03 m	372.06 m	7.3 m	58,000	207,700
1984	12.59 m	14.28 m	5.65 m	340.19 m	5 m	56,000	325,200
1983	12 m	14.54 m	5.28 m	315.6 m	3.84 m	26,400	404,700
1982	11.61 m	14.64 m	5.2 m	290.99 m	3.94 m	34,000	391,100
1981	10.49 m	14.6 m	5.06 m	281.09 m	3.24 m	30,200	291,500
1980	9.96 m	15.09 m	4.98 m	295.33 m	2.57 m	30,000	282,200
1979	9.46 m	15.68 m	4.92 m	313.62 m	2.52 m	28,500	273,000
1978	9.51 m	15.37 m	4.72 m	273.03 m	1.54 m	28,500	266,400
1977	9.42 m	13.33 m	4.45 m	240.14 m	1.11 m	27,300	225,200
1976	8.24 m	11.8 m	4.08 m	223.02 m	1.05 m	26,000	248,900
1975	8.36 m	10.96 m	3.83 m	204.9 m	1 m	23,000	119,500
1974	8.63 m	10.2 m	3.63 m	207.61 m	710,000
1973	8.19 m	9.96 m	3.68 m	202.31 m
1972	7.46 m	8.65 m	3.28 m	191.33 m
1971	7.64 m	7.51 m	3.01 m	174.14 m
1970	6.74 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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