Air passengers carried in Ethiopia

Airlines registered in Ethiopia carried 15,273,254 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2023 15,273,254 Passengers
Change from 2022 +41.8% 2022: 10,769,724 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 43rd of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Ethiopia 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 EthiopiaWorld
2023 15,273,254 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 10,769,724 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 7,065,954 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 4,940,183 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 12,631,216 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 11,501,244 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 9,566,378 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 8,242,114 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 7,074,779 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 6,274,582 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 5,671,501 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 5,001,122 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 4,440,918 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 3,347,022 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 2,914,056 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 2,715,017 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 2,290,179 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 1,720,306 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 1,667,316 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 1,403,293 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 1,117,329 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 1,103,184 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 1,027,528 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 944,595 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 861,400 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +41.8% from 10,769,724 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 5,671,501 passengers, the figure has changed by +169.3%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Ethiopia has the 43rd 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 Ethiopia
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