Air passengers carried in Belgium
Airlines registered in Belgium carried 11,390,665 passengers in 2023.
Belgium, 2023
11,390,665
Change from 2022
+12.1%
European Union, 2023
700,152,461 passengers
Position in 2023
46th of 149
Air passengers carried in Belgium over time
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Passengers. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11,390,665 passengers | 700,152,461 passengers |
| 2022 | 10,165,433 passengers | 597,439,599 passengers |
| 2021 | 5,404,284 passengers | 300,510,413 passengers |
| 2020 | 3,520,850 passengers | 224,581,686 passengers |
| 2019 | 14,279,187 passengers | 752,764,694 passengers |
| 2018 | 13,639,487 passengers | 691,558,405 passengers |
| 2017 | 13,676,844 passengers | 657,059,035 passengers |
| 2016 | 12,545,322 passengers | 620,961,607 passengers |
| 2015 | 11,473,055 passengers | 588,104,162 passengers |
| 2014 | 10,535,219 passengers | 548,633,991 passengers |
| 2013 | 9,521,421 passengers | 522,944,433 passengers |
| 2012 | 9,508,165 passengers | 514,301,801 passengers |
| 2011 | 8,638,553 passengers | 515,081,475 passengers |
| 2010 | 7,528,586 passengers | 483,874,507 passengers |
| 2009 | 4,858,700 passengers | 419,908,189 passengers |
| 2008 | 5,878,585 passengers | 427,781,328 passengers |
| 2007 | 4,078,094 passengers | 425,646,377 passengers |
| 2006 | 3,641,155 passengers | 390,742,949 passengers |
| 2005 | 3,340,509 passengers | 359,471,494 passengers |
| 2004 | 3,264,582 passengers | 347,767,674 passengers |
| 2003 | 2,904,114 passengers | 317,807,082 passengers |
| 2002 | 2,341,816 passengers | 287,161,373 passengers |
| 2001 | 8,489,007 passengers | 286,388,891 passengers |
| 2000 | 10,738,119 passengers | 288,449,342 passengers |
| 1999 | 9,965,200 passengers | 266,190,600 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +12.1% from 10,165,433 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 9,521,421 passengers, the figure has changed by +19.6%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Belgium has the 46th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 700,152,461 passengers.
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