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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
184
Highest
36.25 units per person
Ireland
Lowest
0 units per person
Mali
Median
0.1981 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 184 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 0.1981 units per person, and the mean is 1.11 units per person.

Over the past decade 85 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 (China) 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 Macau, China 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 Darussalam 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 Türkiye 1.48 units per person 2023 up 51.0% volatile
39 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 Viet Nam 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 (Plurinational State of) 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 (People’s Republic of) 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 Republic of 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 (Islamic Republic of) 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 Cabo 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 (Bolivarian Republic of) 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 Least developed countries 0.0388 units per person 2023 up 45.6% rising
133 Cambodia 0.0388 units per person 2023 down 4.4% volatile
134 Bangladesh 0.0387 units per person 2023 up 117.5% volatile
135 Gabon 0.0368 units per person 2016 down 89.1% falling
136 Angola 0.036 units per person 2023 down 28.8% volatile
137 Pakistan 0.0289 units per person 2023 down 22.1% rising
138 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0287 units per person 2023 up 19.3% volatile
139 Eswatini 0.0282 units per person 2023 down 36.2% falling
140 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0259 units per person 2023 up 17.8% falling
141 Afghanistan 0.0249 units per person 2023 down 61.5% volatile
142 Congo 0.0238 units per person 2023 down 82.3% rising
143 Nigeria 0.0231 units per person 2023 down 0.6% volatile
144 Côte d'Ivoire 0.023 units per person 2023 up 134.1% volatile
145 Namibia 0.0204 units per person 2023 down 91.0% falling
146 Mozambique 0.0202 units per person 2023 down 27.8% falling
147 Sudan 0.0182 units per person 2023 up 27.0% falling
148 Guinea-Bissau 0.0172 units per person 1998 down 21.1% falling
149 Yemen 0.0157 units per person 2023 down 72.3% volatile
150 Zambia 0.0155 units per person 2023 up 2,283.1% volatile
151 Liberia 0.0154 units per person 1992 down 22.8% rising
152 Eritrea 0.0137 units per person 2020 down 19.8% flat
153 Ghana 0.013 units per person 2023 down 9.9% falling
154 Cuba 0.0124 units per person 2023 down 89.9% falling
155 Guatemala 0.0122 units per person 2023 up 140.2% volatile
156 Nicaragua 0.0122 units per person 2000 down 61.0% falling
157 Central African Republic 0.0118 units per person 2001 down 70.9% falling
158 Cameroon 0.0117 units per person 2023 down 13.1% volatile
159 Ukraine 0.011 units per person 2022 down 91.3% volatile
160 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0109 units per person 2023 up 80.7% volatile
161 Lithuania 0.0103 units per person 2022 down 94.8% volatile
162 Madagascar 0.01 units per person 2023 down 55.1% falling
163 Guyana 0.0092 units per person 2021 down 98.0% volatile
164 Monaco 0.0083 units per person 2019 down 99.6% falling
165 Sierra Leone 0.0077 units per person 2012 up 174.5% volatile
166 Guinea 0.0071 units per person 1999 up 10.8% volatile
167 Haiti 0.0064 units per person 2023 — volatile
168 Zimbabwe 0.0057 units per person 2023 down 77.4% volatile
169 Burkina Faso 0.0045 units per person 2023 down 42.7% falling
170 Somalia 0.0021 units per person 2019 down 84.1% volatile
171 Chad 0.002 units per person 2014 down 62.1% falling
172 Burundi 0.0019 units per person 1998 down 7.1% rising
173 Slovenia 0.0009 units per person 2022 down 99.8% rising
174 Lesotho 0.0006 units per person 1999 down 97.8% volatile
175 Estonia 0.0006 units per person 2019 down 99.8% volatile
176 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0005 units per person 2020 down 96.7% volatile
177 Uganda 0.0004 units per person 2023 down 92.1% volatile
178 Slovak Republic 0.0004 units per person 2022 down 95.8% volatile
179 Niger 0.0002 units per person 2023 down 95.4% volatile
180 Malawi 0.0002 units per person 2023 down 54.1% volatile
181 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0001 units per person 2023 down 99.0% volatile
182 Benin 0.0001 units per person 2016 down 98.6% falling
183 Barbados 0 units per person 1991 down 100.0% volatile
183 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.

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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

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Indicator
Air transport, passengers carried, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
230 places, 10,242 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

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.