Air transport, passengers carried, per capita by country
Air transport, passengers carried divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
36.25 units per person
Ireland
Lowest
0 units per person
Mali
Median
0.1994 units per person
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,242
What the numbers show
Air transport, passengers carried, per capita is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 36.25 units per person in Ireland; the lowest is 0 units per person in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1994 units per person, and the mean is 1.12 units per person.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 4,380.2%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).
Air transport, passengers carried, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 36.25 units per person | 2023 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Qatar | 14.2 units per person | 2023 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Iceland | 11.26 units per person | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 8.69 units per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Singapore | 8.03 units per person | 2023 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Hungary | 5.8 units per person | 2023 | up 311.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Austria | 5.04 units per person | 2023 | up 184.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Malta | 4.32 units per person | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 3.69 units per person | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Bahamas | 3.67 units per person | 2023 | up 140.9% | rising |
| 11 | Bahrain | 3.64 units per person | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Panama | 3.53 units per person | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 3.41 units per person | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Nauru | 3.29 units per person | 2023 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Switzerland | 3.12 units per person | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Macao | 3.02 units per person | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 17 | New Zealand | 2.89 units per person | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 18 | United States | 2.8 units per person | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 19 | Maldives | 2.69 units per person | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Norway | 2.67 units per person | 2004 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 2.59 units per person | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 22 | Latvia | 2.38 units per person | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Fiji | 2.33 units per person | 2023 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Netherlands | 2.32 units per person | 2023 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Canada | 2.21 units per person | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Seychelles | 1.98 units per person | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Kuwait | 1.96 units per person | 2023 | up 111.6% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 1.95 units per person | 2023 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Finland | 1.93 units per person | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Belize | 1.89 units per person | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 31 | Sweden | 1.86 units per person | 2023 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Greece | 1.83 units per person | 2023 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 33 | Brunei | 1.79 units per person | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 1.74 units per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Portugal | 1.73 units per person | 2023 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Oman | 1.72 units per person | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.48 units per person | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 38 | Turkey | 1.48 units per person | 2023 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 39 | South Korea | 1.47 units per person | 2023 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 40 | American Samoa | 1.44 units per person | 2014 | — | rising |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 1.42 units per person | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 42 | Malaysia | 1.33 units per person | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Mauritius | 1.21 units per person | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Denmark | 1.19 units per person | 2004 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 1.12 units per person | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Chile | 1.08 units per person | 2023 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Belgium | 0.967 units per person | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Japan | 0.9662 units per person | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 49 | Germany | 0.9629 units per person | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 50 | France | 0.9455 units per person | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 51 | Colombia | 0.8104 units per person | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Marshall Islands | 0.7598 units per person | 2023 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Israel | 0.7491 units per person | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 54 | Thailand | 0.7241 units per person | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Tonga | 0.7178 units per person | 2004 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 56 | Russia | 0.6874 units per person | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Montenegro | 0.6079 units per person | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 58 | Mexico | 0.6071 units per person | 2023 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 0.5846 units per person | 2023 | up 114.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 0.5841 units per person | 2023 | up 237.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Vietnam | 0.5492 units per person | 2023 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Cyprus | 0.5383 units per person | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Peru | 0.5235 units per person | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 64 | El Salvador | 0.5173 units per person | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Lebanon | 0.4665 units per person | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 66 | Argentina | 0.4624 units per person | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 67 | Bolivia | 0.4575 units per person | 2023 | up 141.0% | rising |
| 68 | Brazil | 0.4518 units per person | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Kiribati | 0.4443 units per person | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 70 | Armenia | 0.4424 units per person | 2023 | up 2,871.2% | volatile |
| 71 | China | 0.4389 units per person | 2023 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Croatia | 0.4327 units per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 0.3861 units per person | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3825 units per person | 2022 | down 97.5% | falling |
| 75 | Philippines | 0.3612 units per person | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Indonesia | 0.3451 units per person | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Italy | 0.3436 units per person | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 0.3369 units per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 79 | Moldova | 0.3367 units per person | 2023 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Jordan | 0.3262 units per person | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 0.2645 units per person | 2023 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 0.2543 units per person | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 0.254 units per person | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 0.248 units per person | 2023 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 85 | South Africa | 0.2445 units per person | 2023 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 86 | Bhutan | 0.2415 units per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Poland | 0.2394 units per person | 2023 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Suriname | 0.238 units per person | 2023 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 89 | Mongolia | 0.2223 units per person | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 90 | Djibouti | 0.2068 units per person | 1991 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 91 | Czechia | 0.2003 units per person | 2023 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Iran | 0.1994 units per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Solomon Islands | 0.1968 units per person | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Samoa | 0.1944 units per person | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 0.1754 units per person | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0.1703 units per person | 2009 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 97 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1679 units per person | 2023 | down 41.1% | rising |
| 98 | Albania | 0.1554 units per person | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Algeria | 0.1551 units per person | 2023 | up 32.6% | flat |
| 100 | Libya | 0.1498 units per person | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1489 units per person | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 102 | Romania | 0.1472 units per person | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 0.1464 units per person | 2023 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 104 | Egypt | 0.1456 units per person | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 105 | Nepal | 0.1444 units per person | 2023 | up 519.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Belarus | 0.1441 units per person | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 0.1374 units per person | 2023 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 0.136 units per person | 2023 | up 54.7% | falling |
| 109 | India | 0.1255 units per person | 2023 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 0.1187 units per person | 2023 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1133 units per person | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 0.1123 units per person | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 113 | Rwanda | 0.1101 units per person | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Laos | 0.1099 units per person | 2023 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Kenya | 0.0929 units per person | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 0.0879 units per person | 2023 | up 4,380.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Georgia | 0.0863 units per person | 2023 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Iraq | 0.0833 units per person | 2023 | up 517.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Botswana | 0.0696 units per person | 2023 | down 45.0% | rising |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 0.0665 units per person | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 121 | Mauritania | 0.0655 units per person | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 122 | Myanmar | 0.0654 units per person | 2023 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Jamaica | 0.0642 units per person | 2018 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0641 units per person | 2023 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Venezuela | 0.063 units per person | 2023 | down 72.5% | falling |
| 126 | Paraguay | 0.0596 units per person | 2023 | down 49.9% | rising |
| 127 | Senegal | 0.0592 units per person | 2023 | up 269.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Comoros | 0.0547 units per person | 1996 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 129 | Gambia | 0.0446 units per person | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 0.0443 units per person | 2009 | down 82.3% | falling |
| 131 | Honduras | 0.0402 units per person | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 132 | Cambodia | 0.0388 units per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 0.0387 units per person | 2023 | up 117.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Gabon | 0.0368 units per person | 2016 | down 89.1% | falling |
| 135 | Angola | 0.036 units per person | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Pakistan | 0.0289 units per person | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 137 | Tanzania | 0.0287 units per person | 2023 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Eswatini | 0.0282 units per person | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 139 | Syria | 0.0259 units per person | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 0.0249 units per person | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Congo | 0.0238 units per person | 2023 | down 82.3% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 0.0231 units per person | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.023 units per person | 2023 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Namibia | 0.0204 units per person | 2023 | down 91.0% | falling |
| 145 | Mozambique | 0.0202 units per person | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 146 | Sudan | 0.0182 units per person | 2023 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0172 units per person | 1998 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 148 | Yemen | 0.0157 units per person | 2023 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Zambia | 0.0155 units per person | 2023 | up 2,283.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Liberia | 0.0154 units per person | 1992 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 151 | Eritrea | 0.0137 units per person | 2020 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 152 | Ghana | 0.013 units per person | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 153 | Cuba | 0.0124 units per person | 2023 | down 89.9% | falling |
| 154 | Guatemala | 0.0122 units per person | 2023 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Nicaragua | 0.0122 units per person | 2000 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 0.0118 units per person | 2001 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 157 | Cameroon | 0.0117 units per person | 2023 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Ukraine | 0.011 units per person | 2022 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0109 units per person | 2023 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Lithuania | 0.0103 units per person | 2022 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Madagascar | 0.01 units per person | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 162 | Guyana | 0.0092 units per person | 2021 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Monaco | 0.0083 units per person | 2019 | down 99.6% | falling |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 0.0077 units per person | 2012 | up 174.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Guinea | 0.0071 units per person | 1999 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Haiti | 0.0064 units per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Zimbabwe | 0.0057 units per person | 2023 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Burkina Faso | 0.0045 units per person | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 169 | Somalia | 0.0021 units per person | 2019 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Chad | 0.002 units per person | 2014 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 171 | Burundi | 0.0019 units per person | 1998 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 172 | Slovenia | 0.0009 units per person | 2022 | down 99.8% | rising |
| 173 | Lesotho | 0.0006 units per person | 1999 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Estonia | 0.0006 units per person | 2019 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0005 units per person | 2020 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Uganda | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Slovakia | 0.0004 units per person | 2022 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Niger | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Malawi | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 180 | North Korea | 0.0001 units per person | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Benin | 0.0001 units per person | 2016 | down 98.6% | falling |
| 182 | Barbados | 0 units per person | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Mali | 0 units per person | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 2.73 units per person
- Euro area 1.72 units per person
- High income 1.84 units per person
- European Union 1.56 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 1.81 units per person
- World 0.5295 units per person
- OECD members 1.75 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 1.19 units per person
- Other small states 1.13 units per person
- Pacific island small states 1.06 units per person
- Small states 0.78 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.7611 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.6282 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.6211 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.5868 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.5483 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.5361 units per person
- Arab World 0.5221 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.4899 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.481 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.4535 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.4428 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.4366 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.4312 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.3591 units per person
- IBRD only 0.3542 units per person
- Middle income 0.2799 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.2676 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.2526 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.2199 units per person
- South Asia 0.1184 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.1184 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.1051 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.1043 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0949 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0615 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0452 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0452 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0451 units per person
- IDA blend 0.0428 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Air transport, passengers carried divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Air transport, passengers carried ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Air transport, passengers carried Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Air transport, passengers carried divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.