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	Slovakia	Slovenia
2023	20.26 m	94.1 m	41.44 m	941.56 m	619.22 m
2022	14.67 m	80.91 m	35.58 m	852.83 m	250.75 m		1,925.45	1,866
2021	2.45 m	43.44 m	19.35 m	666.15 m	440.3 m		8,900	21,037
2020	7.8 m	26.56 m	14.75 m	369.5 m	417.26 m		2,669	78,565
2019	27.76 m	88.24 m	46.36 m	926.74 m	659.63 m			869,640
2018	27.24 m	80.71 m	44.42 m	889.02 m	611.44 m			1.09 m
2017	26.29 m	71.6 m	42.76 m	849.4 m	551.23 m		7,925	1.09 m
2016	29.12 m	66.67 m	40.08 m	824.04 m	487.96 m		12,928	1.01 m
2015	28.6 m	60.56 m	35.69 m	798.22 m	436.18 m		11,098	1.05 m
2014	27.19 m	53.07 m	33.96 m	762.71 m	390.88 m		29,032	916,981
2013	27.85 m	48.06 m	33.46 m	743.17 m	352.8 m		64,008	857,000
2012	31.07 m	48.09 m	31.67 m	736.7 m	318.48 m	50,193	45,111	816,630
2011	33.92 m	52.74 m	29.96 m	730.8 m	292.16 m	48,789	34,859	972,711
2010	32.65 m	52.85 m	26.98 m	720.5 m	266.29 m	0	74,856	979,803
2009	33.19 m	49.29 m	29.11 m	679.42 m	229.06 m	21,784	3.44 m	953,378
2008	30.67 m	55.21 m	29.6 m	701.78 m	191 m	21,420	2.69 m	1.1 m
2007	37.83 m	60.66 m	28.86 m	744.3 m	183.61 m	20,252	2.68 m	945,420
2006	36.71 m	53.12 m	27.45 m	725.53 m	158.01 m	18,752	779,759	860,735
2005	36.12 m	49.86 m	26.13 m	720.55 m	136.72 m	16,743	711,939	757,651
2004	35.92 m	45.54 m	25.6 m	678.11 m	119.79 m	15,503	636,276	764,991
2003	36.35 m	42.51 m	23.45 m	589 m	86.04 m	13,599	190,182	758,392
2002	28.24 m	40.38 m	22.93 m	598.41 m	83.67 m	13,877	82,821	720,513
2001	31.03 m	41.47 m	20.07 m	622.19 m	72.66 m	13,877	43,113	689,635
2000	30.42 m	39.71 m	20.9 m	665.33 m	61.89 m	19,009	57,095	627,907
1999	28.28 m	33.56 m	19.74 m	634.36 m	55.85 m		110,600	555,500
1998	27.46 m	31.59 m	18.68 m	588.17 m	53.23 m	0	107,300	459,900
1997	28.18 m	30.32 m	17.89 m	590.57 m	52.28 m	0	80,700	403,800
1996	25.84 m	27.76 m	17.11 m	571.07 m	51.77 m	15,200	62,600	393,000
1995	23.67 m	25.77 m	16.38 m	533.51 m	47.56 m	14,500	41,100	370,700
1994	22.96 m	22.36 m	12.89 m	514.92 m	37.6 m	14,500	22,500	339,600
1993	21.9 m	22.28 m	11.77 m	469.93 m	31.31 m	17,500	18,300	291,200
1992	21.77 m	23.39 m	10.09 m	466.96 m	27.35 m	16,500		188,400
1991	18.85 m	20.94 m	8.89 m	452.02 m	19.52 m
1990	19.75 m	21.65 m	8.56 m	464.57 m	16.6 m	30,000
1989	17.44 m	20.27 m	8.25 m	453.16 m	11.08 m	29,600
1988	15.65 m	18.98 m	7.86 m	454.2 m	17 m	43,600
1987	15.27 m	16.55 m	7.4 m	441.83 m	12.5 m	28,900
1986	13.81 m	15.4 m	6.38 m	414.55 m	10 m	59,000
1985	14.41 m	14.85 m	6.03 m	372.06 m	7.3 m	58,000
1984	12.59 m	14.28 m	5.65 m	340.19 m	5 m	56,000
1983	12 m	14.54 m	5.28 m	315.6 m	3.84 m	26,400
1982	11.61 m	14.64 m	5.2 m	290.99 m	3.94 m	34,000
1981	10.49 m	14.6 m	5.06 m	281.09 m	3.24 m	30,200
1980	9.96 m	15.09 m	4.98 m	295.33 m	2.57 m	30,000
1979	9.46 m	15.68 m	4.92 m	313.62 m	2.52 m	28,500
1978	9.51 m	15.37 m	4.72 m	273.03 m	1.54 m	28,500
1977	9.42 m	13.33 m	4.45 m	240.14 m	1.11 m	27,300
1976	8.24 m	11.8 m	4.08 m	223.02 m	1.05 m	26,000
1975	8.36 m	10.96 m	3.83 m	204.9 m	1 m	23,000
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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