Passenger volume (passenger kilometres), by mode of transport by country
Countries reporting
170
Highest
1.82 trillion p km
United States
Lowest
0 p km
Ukraine
Median
3.99 billion p km
Years covered
8
2017–2024
Data points
1,434
What the numbers show
Passenger volume (passenger kilometres), by mode of transport is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 1.82 trillion p km in United States; the lowest is 0 p km in Ukraine.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.99 billion p km, and the mean is 60.99 billion p km.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 20,679.2%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 100.0%).
Passenger volume (passenger kilometres), by mode of transport: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 1.82 trillion p km | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 2 | China | 1.40 trillion p km | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 429.16 billion p km | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 327.38 billion p km | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 327.38 billion p km | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 6 | Turkey | 295.30 billion p km | 2024 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 295.30 billion p km | 2024 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 8 | India | 274.50 billion p km | 2024 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 9 | Ireland | 270.32 billion p km | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 263.33 billion p km | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 263.33 billion p km | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 241.73 billion p km | 2024 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 13 | Qatar | 223.08 billion p km | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 14 | France | 214.01 billion p km | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 15 | Japan | 201.22 billion p km | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 16 | Germany | 198.37 billion p km | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 17 | South Korea | 186.45 billion p km | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 17 | Republic of Korea | 186.45 billion p km | 2024 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 19 | Spain | 177.59 billion p km | 2024 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 177.13 billion p km | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 21 | Singapore | 153.25 billion p km | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 148.65 billion p km | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 23 | Brazil | 137.92 billion p km | 2024 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 24 | Mexico | 122.99 billion p km | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 25 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 122.05 billion p km | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 109.79 billion p km | 2024 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 101.20 billion p km | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Malaysia | 99.22 billion p km | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Hungary | 92.47 billion p km | 2024 | up 148.9% | rising |
| 30 | Indonesia | 91.53 billion p km | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 31 | Vietnam | 84.09 billion p km | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 84.09 billion p km | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 33 | Austria | 66.27 billion p km | 2024 | up 175.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Philippines | 62.89 billion p km | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 35 | Switzerland | 62.58 billion p km | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 58.24 billion p km | 2024 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 51.55 billion p km | 2024 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 49.61 billion p km | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 45.02 billion p km | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 40 | Egypt | 41.76 billion p km | 2024 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 41 | Norway | 40.59 billion p km | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Panama | 39.49 billion p km | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 36.64 billion p km | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Argentina | 31.24 billion p km | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 45 | Peru | 30.22 billion p km | 2024 | up 21.5% | flat |
| 46 | Israel | 29.22 billion p km | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 47 | Finland | 28.79 billion p km | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 48 | New Zealand | 28.48 billion p km | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 24.85 billion p km | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 50 | Sweden | 24.48 billion p km | 2024 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Denmark | 22.44 billion p km | 2024 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 21.33 billion p km | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 53 | Kuwait | 21.15 billion p km | 2024 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 20.40 billion p km | 2024 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 55 | Greece | 20.07 billion p km | 2024 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 56 | Oman | 20.02 billion p km | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 57 | Pakistan | 19.50 billion p km | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 58 | Iceland | 18.75 billion p km | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Belgium | 18.71 billion p km | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 60 | Poland | 18.29 billion p km | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 15.86 billion p km | 2024 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 62 | Bahrain | 15.39 billion p km | 2024 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 13.89 billion p km | 2024 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 64 | South Africa | 13.84 billion p km | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Kenya | 12.13 billion p km | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 12.00 billion p km | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 67 | Algeria | 10.75 billion p km | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 68 | Caribbean | 10.23 billion p km | 2024 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Jordan | 9.69 billion p km | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 70 | Melanesia | 9.56 billion p km | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 71 | El Salvador | 8.90 billion p km | 2024 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 72 | Fiji | 7.85 billion p km | 2024 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Latvia | 7.08 billion p km | 2024 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritius | 6.81 billion p km | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Tunisia | 6.78 billion p km | 2024 | up 17.6% | flat |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 6.74 billion p km | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 6.49 billion p km | 2024 | up 8,604.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Czechia | 5.60 billion p km | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Serbia | 5.23 billion p km | 2024 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 4.74 billion p km | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Lebanon | 4.68 billion p km | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 82 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.59 billion p km | 2024 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 83 | Romania | 4.57 billion p km | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 4.22 billion p km | 2024 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 85 | Iraq | 4.06 billion p km | 2024 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 3.92 billion p km | 2024 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 87 | Nepal | 3.82 billion p km | 2024 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 88 | Nigeria | 3.39 billion p km | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 89 | Angola | 3.35 billion p km | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 90 | Malta | 3.34 billion p km | 2024 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 91 | Libya | 3.11 billion p km | 2024 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.02 billion p km | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 93 | Rwanda | 3.00 billion p km | 2024 | up 126.2% | rising |
| 94 | Belarus | 2.92 billion p km | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 95 | Mongolia | 2.89 billion p km | 2024 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 2.89 billion p km | 2024 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Myanmar | 2.68 billion p km | 2024 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 98 | Brunei | 2.63 billion p km | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.63 billion p km | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | 2.61 billion p km | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.56 billion p km | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 2.55 billion p km | 2024 | up 2,917.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 2.22 billion p km | 2024 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 104 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.75 billion p km | 2024 | up 149.7% | rising |
| 105 | Senegal | 1.72 billion p km | 2024 | up 11,669.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Moldova | 1.71 billion p km | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 106 | Republic of Moldova | 1.71 billion p km | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 1.47 billion p km | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 109 | Togo | 1.39 billion p km | 2024 | up 169.6% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 1.36 billion p km | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 111 | Croatia | 1.30 billion p km | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 112 | Georgia | 1.23 billion p km | 2024 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Yemen | 1.17 billion p km | 2024 | up 230.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.01 billion p km | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 114 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.01 billion p km | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 116 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 992.57 million p km | 2024 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Uganda | 969.94 million p km | 2024 | up 20,679.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Mozambique | 940.41 million p km | 2024 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 929.87 million p km | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Laos | 839.99 million p km | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 839.99 million p km | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 816.78 million p km | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 123 | Sudan | 815.03 million p km | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Paraguay | 636.99 million p km | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Cyprus | 618.67 million p km | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Guatemala | 581.83 million p km | 2024 | up 712.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Maldives | 556.84 million p km | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 128 | Bhutan | 494.52 million p km | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Albania | 493.50 million p km | 2024 | up 270.4% | rising |
| 130 | Mauritania | 428.76 million p km | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 131 | Cabo Verde | 428.05 million p km | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Bahamas | 423.17 million p km | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 133 | Zambia | 359.52 million p km | 2024 | up 428.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Syria | 328.37 million p km | 2024 | up 1,080.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Syrian Arab Republic | 328.37 million p km | 2024 | up 1,080.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Suriname | 317.31 million p km | 2024 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Seychelles | 315.35 million p km | 2024 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Honduras | 295.70 million p km | 2024 | up 457.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Ghana | 293.94 million p km | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 140 | Montenegro | 289.62 million p km | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 284.93 million p km | 2024 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Cuba | 222.64 million p km | 2024 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Madagascar | 219.35 million p km | 2024 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 185.12 million p km | 2024 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 145 | Cameroon | 171.23 million p km | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Slovenia | 156.82 million p km | 2024 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Micronesia | 138.85 million p km | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 129.95 million p km | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 149 | Nauru | 122.15 million p km | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Naoero | 122.15 million p km | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 119.28 million p km | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 152 | Congo | 102.95 million p km | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Botswana | 90.53 million p km | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Belize | 58.65 million p km | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 54.48 million p km | 2024 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.20 million p km | 2024 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Polynesia | 40.28 million p km | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Namibia | 30.19 million p km | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Eswatini | 24.00 million p km | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Cook Islands | 23.90 million p km | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 161 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 22.45 million p km | 2024 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Kiribati | 13.92 million p km | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 163 | Samoa | 6.29 million p km | 2024 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.96 million p km | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Marshall Islands | 2.34 million p km | 2024 | down 83.5% | falling |
| 166 | Malawi | 593,988 p km | 2024 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Eritrea | 0 p km | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Guyana | 0 p km | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Lithuania | 0 p km | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Ukraine | 0 p km | 2024 | 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.
- World 9.10 trillion p km
- Developing regions 4.55 trillion p km
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 4.55 trillion p km
- Europe and Northern America 4.14 trillion p km
- Asia 4.08 trillion p km
- Americas 2.55 trillion p km
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 2.51 trillion p km
- Europe 2.08 trillion p km
- Northern America 2.06 trillion p km
- Eastern Asia 1.91 trillion p km
- United States of America 1.82 trillion p km
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.26 trillion p km
- Western Asia 1.17 trillion p km
- Northern Europe 707.92 billion p km
- Western Europe 685.93 billion p km
- South-Eastern Asia 599.73 billion p km
- Latin America and the Caribbean 494.00 billion p km
- Central and Southern Asia 392.64 billion p km
- Eastern Europe 389.82 billion p km
- Southern Asia 350.96 billion p km
- South America 307.23 billion p km
- Southern Europe 294.73 billion p km
- Africa 200.90 billion p km
- Oceania 186.87 billion p km
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 181.86 billion p km
- Central America 176.54 billion p km
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 131.98 billion p km
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 114.86 billion p km
- Sub-Saharan Africa 112.83 billion p km
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 103.29 billion p km
- Northern Africa 88.07 billion p km
- Eastern Africa 85.22 billion p km
- Central Asia 41.68 billion p km
- Southern Africa 13.98 billion p km
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 9.74 billion p km
- Western Africa 8.84 billion p km
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 5.56 billion p km
- Middle Africa 4.79 billion p km