Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide, per square kilometre by country
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 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.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
491.12 units per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Mali
Median
0.1511 units per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,074
What the numbers show
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide, per square kilometre is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 491.12 units per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1511 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 8.12 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 1,454.3%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 100.0%).
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide, per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 491.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 2 | Singapore | 304.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 137.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | flat |
| 4 | Maldives | 112.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Bahrain | 75.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Malta | 50.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Nauru | 47.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 886.5% | volatile |
| 8 | American Samoa | 45.72 units per square kilometre | 2014 | — | rising |
| 9 | Seychelles | 28.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 18.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 11 | Qatar | 18.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Ireland | 16.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Marshall Islands | 9.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 14 | Netherlands | 9.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 15 | Tonga | 7.3 units per square kilometre | 2004 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 6.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Kiribati | 5.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 19 | Mauritius | 5.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Switzerland | 5.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 21 | South Korea | 4.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Bahamas | 4.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 23 | Belize | 4.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 24 | Austria | 3.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Kuwait | 3.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Belgium | 3.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 3.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 28 | Hungary | 3.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Japan | 2.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 2.49 units per square kilometre | 2004 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.4 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 96.9% | falling |
| 32 | Lebanon | 2.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 33 | Israel | 2.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 1.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Germany | 1.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 1.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Barbados | 1.63 units per square kilometre | 1991 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Monaco | 1.48 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Fiji | 1.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Brunei | 1.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 1.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 1.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 43 | Samoa | 1.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 44 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 45 | El Salvador | 1.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 1.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Vietnam | 1.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 121.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Turkey | 1.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 49 | United States | 1.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 0.9496 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 51 | France | 0.9236 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0.7376 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Norway | 0.6955 units per square kilometre | 2004 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 54 | Latvia | 0.6949 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Vanuatu | 0.6815 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 56 | New Zealand | 0.6777 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 57 | Thailand | 0.656 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Italy | 0.6271 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 59 | Comoros | 0.5911 units per square kilometre | 1996 | up 10.0% | flat |
| 60 | Rwanda | 0.5838 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 0.5592 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 62 | China | 0.5229 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Serbia | 0.5148 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.0% | rising |
| 64 | Nepal | 0.4709 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Croatia | 0.4523 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 66 | Sweden | 0.4444 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 67 | India | 0.4153 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Armenia | 0.4048 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,252.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 0.3917 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Jordan | 0.3904 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Indonesia | 0.3891 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 0.3825 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 868.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Iceland | 0.3749 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 0.3439 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 75 | Finland | 0.3419 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 76 | Colombia | 0.3363 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Poland | 0.3361 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Montenegro | 0.3342 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 0.3074 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Mexico | 0.2865 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Togo | 0.284 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Solomon Islands | 0.2492 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.6% | flat |
| 83 | Tunisia | 0.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Oman | 0.2048 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Cape Verde | 0.2022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | 0.2018 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Chile | 0.1945 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Czechia | 0.1885 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.5% | flat |
| 89 | Morocco | 0.1832 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Djibouti | 0.1682 units per square kilometre | 1991 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0.1643 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 92 | Eswatini | 0.1511 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 93 | Honduras | 0.148 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1407 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Romania | 0.1406 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 96 | South Africa | 0.1394 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Egypt | 0.1359 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 0.1305 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Canada | 0.1227 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Kenya | 0.1193 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Gambia | 0.1123 units per square kilometre | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Jamaica | 0.1122 units per square kilometre | 2018 | down 94.7% | falling |
| 103 | Albania | 0.1122 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1092 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Bhutan | 0.0984 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Peru | 0.0981 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Brazil | 0.0947 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 108 | Tanzania | 0.0921 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 195.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Iran | 0.0894 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Australia | 0.0883 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 111 | Iraq | 0.085 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 751.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 0.076 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 0.0679 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 114 | Nigeria | 0.0675 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Myanmar | 0.0663 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Belarus | 0.0649 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 0.0647 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Argentina | 0.0572 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 119 | Haiti | 0.0555 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Senegal | 0.0553 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 0.0551 units per square kilometre | 2009 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Burundi | 0.0545 units per square kilometre | 1998 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 123 | Pakistan | 0.0543 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 124 | Cambodia | 0.0519 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Ghana | 0.0505 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Uruguay | 0.0499 units per square kilometre | 2009 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 127 | Russia | 0.0479 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 128 | Laos | 0.0475 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Bolivia | 0.0466 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0428 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 247.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0427 units per square kilometre | 1998 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Georgia | 0.0408 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 0.0385 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 134 | Lithuania | 0.0354 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 0.0331 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Algeria | 0.0305 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 0.0297 units per square kilometre | 2012 | up 1,454.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0287 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Syria | 0.0279 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Venezuela | 0.0264 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.9% | falling |
| 141 | Liberia | 0.0228 units per square kilometre | 1992 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 0.0227 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 143 | Zambia | 0.0171 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.4% | falling |
| 144 | Mozambique | 0.0163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Cuba | 0.0163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.7% | falling |
| 146 | Guatemala | 0.0155 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Paraguay | 0.015 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 148 | Cameroon | 0.0131 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 149 | Angola | 0.0119 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 150 | Suriname | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.4% | rising |
| 151 | Malawi | 0.0106 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 0.0099 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Yemen | 0.0094 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Madagascar | 0.0092 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 155 | Gabon | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 157 | Ukraine | 0.0085 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 93.3% | rising |
| 158 | Botswana | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.6% | rising |
| 159 | Uganda | 0.0071 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Lesotho | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 1999 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Libya | 0.0064 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Zimbabwe | 0.0054 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Sudan | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Slovenia | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 99.4% | rising |
| 165 | Mongolia | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.8% | falling |
| 166 | Congo | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.3% | rising |
| 167 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Mauritania | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 169 | Eritrea | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2020 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 170 | Nicaragua | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 2000 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Namibia | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.5% | flat |
| 172 | Guyana | 0.003 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Guinea | 0.0024 units per square kilometre | 1999 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Somalia | 0.0017 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2001 | down 84.1% | falling |
| 176 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | 2020 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 177 | North Korea | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Estonia | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Slovakia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Niger | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Benin | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 99.2% | falling |
| 182 | Chad | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2014 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Mali | 0 units per square kilometre | 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.
- Euro area 1.57 units per square kilometre
- Pacific island small states 0.8111 units per square kilometre
- European Union 1.27 units per square kilometre
- OECD members 0.5851 units per square kilometre
- Other small states 0.577 units per square kilometre
- World 0.2679 units per square kilometre
- North America 0.5768 units per square kilometre
- Post-demographic dividend 0.5734 units per square kilometre
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.4757 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.4478 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.4444 units per square kilometre
- South Asia 0.4292 units per square kilometre
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.4292 units per square kilometre
- Small states 0.4213 units per square kilometre
- High income 0.4158 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific 0.4005 units per square kilometre
- Caribbean Small States 0.3326 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia 0.2916 units per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 0.2422 units per square kilometre
- Late-demographic dividend 0.239 units per square kilometre
- Middle income 0.2056 units per square kilometre
- IBRD only 0.19 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.1802 units per square kilometre
- Early-demographic dividend 0.1761 units per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 0.1697 units per square kilometre
- IDA & IBRD total 0.151 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.1453 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.1316 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.1302 units per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.1217 units per square kilometre
- Arab World 0.1215 units per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 0.1197 units per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0877 units per square kilometre
- IDA blend 0.0785 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0632 units per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0632 units per square kilometre
- IDA total 0.042 units per square kilometre
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0394 units per square kilometre
- IDA only 0.0332 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.03 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 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, registered carrier departures worldwide ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 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, registered carrier departures worldwide 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.