Air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre in Benin
Benin: Air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre was 0.008 units per square kilometre in 2016. ▲ Rising
Air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre in Benin, 1970–2016
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.008 units per square kilometre for air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is down 99.2% on the previous year and down 98.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre in Benin peaked at 1.22 units per square kilometre in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.008 units per square kilometre, in 2016.
That places Benin 180th out of 183 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3337 units per square kilometre | 0.2297 units per square kilometre | 0.5082 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7541 units per square kilometre | 0.5419 units per square kilometre | 0.9613 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6699 units per square kilometre | 0.588 units per square kilometre | 0.8026 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5482 units per square kilometre | 0.4112 units per square kilometre | 0.6853 units per square kilometre | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6092 units per square kilometre | 0.008 units per square kilometre | 1.22 units per square kilometre | 7 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 177 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 0.0306 units per square kilometre compare
- 178 Chad 0.0225 units per square kilometre compare
- 179 Estonia 0.02 units per square kilometre compare
- 181 Niger 0.0046 units per square kilometre compare
- 182 Barbados 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 182 Mali 0 units per square kilometre compare
More infrastructure data for Benin
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 18.21 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 125.94 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1,350 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.0093 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0001 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -5.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1,350 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.26 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre in Benin?
- Air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre in Benin was 0.008 units per square kilometre in 2016, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 units per square kilometre in 2013.
- What is the lowest air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.008 units per square kilometre in 2016.
- How does Benin rank for air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre?
- Benin ranks 180th out of 183 countries with data for 2016.
- Is air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Air transport, passengers carried, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 39 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Air transport, passengers carried divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Air transport, passengers carried ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Air transport, passengers carried Civil Aviation Statistics of the World, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.