Air passengers carried in Ecuador

Airlines registered in Ecuador carried 4,567,423 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2023 4,567,423 Passengers
Change from 2022 +42.2% 2022: 3,211,808 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 61st of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Ecuador 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 EcuadorWorld
2023 4,567,423 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 3,211,808 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 1,534,854 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 1,146,369 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 4,827,978 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 5,365,261 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 5,121,235 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 5,099,726 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 5,677,816 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 5,675,088 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 5,157,521 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 4,758,406 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 4,714,115 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 4,818,305 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 2,896,528 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 2,926,821 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 2,630,759 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 2,110,423 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 2,011,004 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 1,828,303 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 1,521,249 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 1,184,098 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 1,284,922 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 1,318,518 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 1,386,700 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +42.2% from 3,211,808 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 5,157,521 passengers, the figure has changed by −11.4%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Ecuador has the 61st 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 Ecuador
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