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Air transport passengers

Tier A· OfficialDescriptive

Passengers carried by air carriers registered in the country. Descriptive magnitude — larger reflects a big aviation hub, not a 'better' country.

100 = most air passengers, 0 = fewest — descriptive, not better or worse

Mixed reference years (2000–2023). This metric uses each country's most recent available year, so countries are not all measured in the same year — cross-country comparison is weakened. Each row shows its own reference year.

How this score is built

Air transport passengers carried by carriers registered in the country — World Bank indicator IS.AIR.PSGR (ICAO). Descriptive: it is an absolute magnitude that reflects population, economy and hub status (a big registry like the US or a hub like the UAE dominates) — neither better nor worse — so it uses a neutral colour, a log scale, and is off the radar. Note it counts passengers of *nationally-registered* carriers, not airport throughput. Most recent year per country.

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100 = most air passengers, 0 = fewest — descriptive, not better or worse

Full ranking

177 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.

Rank ↑CountryScoreRaw value
1stUnited StatesUSA
99.72100
941,557,000 passengers per year
2ndChinaCHN
99.1599
619,215,886 passengers per year
3rdIrelandIRL
98.5999
192,528,432 passengers per year
4thIndiaIND
98.0298
180,416,000 passengers per year
5thTürkiyeTUR
97.4697
125,940,241 passengers per year
6thJapanJPN
96.8997
120,305,972 passengers per year
7thUnited KingdomGBR
96.3396
118,945,920 passengers per year
8thRussiaRUS
95.7696
98,872,628 passengers per year
9thIndonesiaIDN
95.295
97,045,800 passengers per year
10thBrazilBRA
94.6395
95,398,485 passengers per year
11thSpainESP
94.0794
94,101,500 passengers per year
12thUnited Arab EmiratesARE
93.594
91,062,293 passengers per year
13thCanadaCAN
92.9493
88,618,000 passengers per year
14thGermanyDEU
92.3792
80,199,572 passengers per year
15thMexicoMEX
91.8192
78,763,320 passengers per year
16thSouth KoreaKOR
91.2491
76,272,500 passengers per year
17thAustraliaAUS
90.6891
68,958,577 passengers per year
18thFranceFRA
90.1190
64,644,716 passengers per year
19thHungaryHUN
89.5590
55,613,579 passengers per year
20thVietnamVNM
88.9889
55,114,832 passengers per year
21stThailandTHA
88.4288
51,920,692 passengers per year
22ndSaudi ArabiaSAU
87.8588
47,979,994 passengers per year
23rdSingaporeSGP
87.2987
47,502,800 passengers per year
24thMalaysiaMYS
86.7287
46,698,381 passengers per year
25thAustriaAUT
86.1686
46,040,215 passengers per year
26thColombiaCOL
85.5986
42,399,044 passengers per year
27thPhilippinesPHL
85.0385
41,501,834 passengers per year
28thNetherlandsNLD
84.4684
41,436,800 passengers per year
29thQatarQAT
83.984
37,714,300 passengers per year
30thSwitzerlandCHE
83.3383
27,725,200 passengers per year
31stHong KongHKG
82.7783
25,704,485 passengers per year
32ndChileCHL
82.282
21,323,388 passengers per year
33rdArgentinaARG
81.6482
21,057,811 passengers per year
34thItalyITA
81.0781
20,264,734 passengers per year
35thSwedenSWE
80.5181
19,554,551 passengers per year
36thGreeceGRC
79.9480
19,090,513 passengers per year
37thPortugalPRT
79.3879
18,288,977 passengers per year
38thIranIRN
78.8179
18,067,403 passengers per year
39thPeruPER
78.2578
17,717,400 passengers per year
40thEgyptEGY
77.6878
16,672,100 passengers per year
41stPanamaPAN
77.1277
15,750,293 passengers per year
42ndSouth AfricaZAF
76.5577
15,454,600 passengers per year
43rdEthiopiaETH
75.9976
15,273,254 passengers per year
44thNew ZealandNZL
75.4275
15,033,200 passengers per year
45thNorwayNOR
74.8675
12,277,222 passengers per year
46thKazakhstanKAZ
74.2974
11,884,200 passengers per year
47thBelgiumBEL
73.7374
11,390,700 passengers per year
48thFinlandFIN
73.1673
10,794,518 passengers per year
49thKuwaitKWT
72.673
9,499,895 passengers per year
50thMoroccoMAR
72.0372
9,354,197 passengers per year
51stPolandPOL
71.4771
8,782,362 passengers per year
52ndOmanOMN
70.971
8,697,025 passengers per year
53rdIsraelISR
70.3470
7,377,778 passengers per year
54thAlgeriaDZA
69.7770
7,160,660 passengers per year
55thPakistanPAK
69.2169
7,153,419 passengers per year
56thBangladeshBGD
68.6469
6,628,497 passengers per year
57thDenmarkDNK
68.0868
6,428,701 passengers per year
58thBahrainBHR
67.5168
5,734,420 passengers per year
59thBoliviaBOL
66.9567
5,601,300 passengers per year
60thNigeriaNGA
66.3866
5,269,400 passengers per year
61stKenyaKEN
65.8266
5,138,290 passengers per year
62ndUzbekistanUZB
65.2565
4,849,939 passengers per year
63rdEcuadorECU
64.6965
4,567,423 passengers per year
64thLatviaLVA
64.1264
4,475,904 passengers per year
65thIcelandISL
63.5664
4,342,330 passengers per year
66thNepalNPL
62.9963
4,289,298 passengers per year
67thTunisiaTUN
62.4362
4,110,265 passengers per year
68thSerbiaSRB
61.8662
3,868,570 passengers per year
69thSri LankaLKA
61.361
3,866,001 passengers per year
70thIraqIRQ
60.7361
3,756,178 passengers per year
71stJordanJOR
60.1760
3,731,345 passengers per year
72ndMyanmarMMR
59.660
3,541,244 passengers per year
73rdEl SalvadorSLV
59.0459
3,263,923 passengers per year
74thRomaniaROU
58.4758
2,806,650 passengers per year
75thLebanonLBN
57.9158
2,693,218 passengers per year
76thAzerbaijanAZE
57.3457
2,581,841 passengers per year
77thLuxembourgLUX
56.7857
2,457,680 passengers per year
78thMaltaMLT
56.2156
2,387,400 passengers per year
79thCzechiaCZE
55.6556
2,175,760 passengers per year
80thTogoTGO
55.0855
2,175,170 passengers per year
81stFijiFJI
54.5255
2,154,560 passengers per year
82ndMacauMAC
53.9554
2,053,176 passengers per year
83rdTrinidad and TobagoTTO
53.3953
2,028,649 passengers per year
84thCosta RicaCRI
52.8253
1,971,057 passengers per year
85thTanzaniaTZA
52.2652
1,911,063 passengers per year
86thVenezuelaVEN
51.6952
1,783,667 passengers per year
87thCroatiaHRV
51.1351
1,670,012 passengers per year
88thPapua New GuineaPNG
50.5651
1,547,502 passengers per year
89thRwandaRWA
5050
1,537,010 passengers per year
90thMauritiusMUS
49.4449
1,504,656 passengers per year
91stBahamasBHS
48.8749
1,465,430 passengers per year
92ndMaldivesMDV
48.3148
1,414,190 passengers per year
93rdBelarusBLR
47.7448
1,322,490 passengers per year
94thAngolaAGO
47.1847
1,321,412 passengers per year
95thArmeniaARM
46.6147
1,311,506 passengers per year
96thGuamGUM
46.0546
1,172,372 passengers per year
97thDR CongoCOD
45.4845
1,150,170 passengers per year
98thLibyaLBY
44.9245
1,094,580 passengers per year
99thTurkmenistanTKM
44.3544
1,078,120 passengers per year
100thSenegalSEN
43.7944
1,070,960 passengers per year
101stAfghanistanAFG
43.2243
1,031,379 passengers per year
102ndDominican RepublicDOM
42.6643
996,238 passengers per year
103rdSudanSDN
42.0942
911,090 passengers per year
104thLaosLAO
41.5342
842,280 passengers per year
105thMoldovaMDA
40.9641
827,604 passengers per year
106thBruneiBRN
40.440
820,886 passengers per year
107thKyrgyzstanKGZ
39.8340
804,478 passengers per year
108thBelizeBLZ
39.2739
776,198 passengers per year
109thMongoliaMNG
38.739
773,702 passengers per year
110thCyprusCYP
38.1438
724,062 passengers per year
111thBulgariaBGR
37.5738
723,825 passengers per year
112thIvory CoastCIV
37.0137
716,233 passengers per year
113thTajikistanTJK
36.4436
690,677 passengers per year
114thMozambiqueMOZ
35.8836
680,108 passengers per year
115thCambodiaKHM
35.3135
675,283 passengers per year
116thYemenYEM
34.7535
618,613 passengers per year
117thSyriaSYR
34.1834
610,745 passengers per year
118thUruguayURY
33.6234
563,632 passengers per year
119thUkraineUKR
33.0533
452,344 passengers per year
120thGhanaGHA
32.4932
440,680 passengers per year
121stHondurasHND
31.9232
428,443 passengers per year
122ndParaguayPRY
31.3631
407,865 passengers per year
123rdMontenegroMNE
30.7931
379,068 passengers per year
124thAlbaniaALB
30.2330
374,800 passengers per year
125thVanuatuVUT
29.6630
359,290 passengers per year
126thCameroonCMR
29.129
331,025 passengers per year
127thMauritaniaMRT
28.5329
328,992 passengers per year
128thZambiaZMB
27.9728
321,739 passengers per year
129thGeorgiaGEO
27.427
320,810 passengers per year
130thMadagascarMDG
26.8427
313,313 passengers per year
131stArubaABW
26.2726
274,280 passengers per year
132ndSeychellesSYC
25.7126
236,917 passengers per year
133rdGuatemalaGTM
25.1425
221,478 passengers per year
134thBhutanBTN
24.5825
189,878 passengers per year
135thJamaicaJAM
24.0124
180,951 passengers per year
136thBotswanaBWA
23.4523
172,720 passengers per year
137thSolomon IslandsSLB
22.8823
157,418 passengers per year
138thSurinameSUR
22.3222
149,672 passengers per year
139thCongoCOG
21.7522
147,084 passengers per year
140thCubaCUB
21.1921
136,998 passengers per year
141stEquatorial GuineaGNQ
20.6221
118,427 passengers per year
142ndGambiaGMB
20.0620
109,542 passengers per year
143rdBurkina FasoBFA
19.4919
103,592 passengers per year
144thZimbabweZWE
18.9319
92,494.4 passengers per year
145thNorth MacedoniaMKD
18.3618
86,868 passengers per year
146thGabonGAB
17.818
77,320 passengers per year
147thAmerican SamoaASM
17.2317
76,944 passengers per year
148thTongaTON
16.6717
75,416 passengers per year
149thHaitiHTI
16.116
74,542 passengers per year
150thCape VerdeCPV
15.5416
71,784.4 passengers per year
151stNicaraguaNIC
14.9715
61,031 passengers per year
152ndNamibiaNAM
14.4114
60,304 passengers per year
153rdKiribatiKIR
13.8414
58,879.1 passengers per year
154thSierra LeoneSLE
13.2813
50,193 passengers per year
155thCentral African RepublicCAF
12.7113
46,364 passengers per year
156thEritreaERI
12.1512
45,104 passengers per year
157thSamoaWSM
11.5812
42,120 passengers per year
158thNauruNRU
11.0211
39,104 passengers per year
159thSão Tomé and PríncipeSTP
10.4510
38,767 passengers per year
160thAntigua and BarbudaATG
9.8910
35,515.2 passengers per year
161stEswatiniSWZ
9.329
34,663.2 passengers per year
162ndSomaliaSOM
8.769
34,065.6 passengers per year
163rdMarshall IslandsMHL
8.198
29,502.2 passengers per year
164thLithuaniaLTU
7.638
29,256 passengers per year
165thChadTCD
7.067
28,332 passengers per year
166thUgandaUGA
6.57
21,650.2 passengers per year
167thGuyanaGUY
5.936
7,512 passengers per year
168thNigerNER
5.375
5,775 passengers per year
169thNorth KoreaPRK
4.85
3,690 passengers per year
170thMalawiMWI
4.244
3,507 passengers per year
171stSlovakiaSVK
3.674
1,925.45 passengers per year
172ndSloveniaSVN
3.113
1,866 passengers per year
173rdBosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
2.543
1,593 passengers per year
174thBeninBEN
1.982
899 passengers per year
175thEstoniaEST
1.411
857 passengers per year
176thMonacoMCO
0.851
316 passengers per year
177thMaliMLI
0.280
0 passengers per year
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