Air passengers carried in Costa Rica

Airlines registered in Costa Rica carried 1,971,057 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2023 1,971,057 Passengers
Change from 2022 +27.0% 2022: 1,551,970 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 82nd of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Costa Rica 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.

Air passengers carried (passengers), 1999 to 2023
Period Costa RicaWorld
2023 1,971,057 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 1,551,970 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 669,298 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 455,831 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 2,033,146 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 1,950,049 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 1,822,880 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 1,572,605 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 1,525,922 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 1,427,414 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 1,498,996 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 1,770,111 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 1,829,515 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 1,697,894 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 932,581 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 1,023,665 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 1,017,054 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 943,143 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 953,217 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 901,402 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 749,885 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 675,146 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 737,895 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 877,833 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 1,055,300 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +27.0% from 1,551,970 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 1,498,996 passengers, the figure has changed by +31.5%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Costa Rica has the 82nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Civil Aviation Organization
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IS.AIR.PSGR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2023 for Costa Rica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Civil Aviation Organization