Air passengers carried in Greece

Airlines registered in Greece carried 19,090,513 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
Greece, 2023 19,090,513 Passengers
Change from 2022 +24.7% 2022: 15,309,117 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 36th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Greece 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 GreeceEuropean Union
2023 19,090,513 passengers 700,152,461 passengers
2022 15,309,117 passengers 597,439,599 passengers
2021 8,726,345 passengers 300,510,413 passengers
2020 5,647,917 passengers 224,581,686 passengers
2019 16,124,738 passengers 752,764,694 passengers
2018 15,125,934 passengers 691,558,405 passengers
2017 13,852,857 passengers 657,059,035 passengers
2016 12,689,082 passengers 620,961,607 passengers
2015 11,237,054 passengers 588,104,162 passengers
2014 11,152,236 passengers 548,633,991 passengers
2013 8,761,116 passengers 522,944,433 passengers
2012 8,785,275 passengers 514,301,801 passengers
2011 9,569,211 passengers 515,081,475 passengers
2010 10,352,658 passengers 483,874,507 passengers
2009 8,795,133 passengers 419,908,189 passengers
2008 9,442,743 passengers 427,781,328 passengers
2007 10,206,223 passengers 425,646,377 passengers
2006 9,481,314 passengers 390,742,949 passengers
2005 9,452,219 passengers 359,471,494 passengers
2004 9,276,954 passengers 347,767,674 passengers
2003 7,518,932 passengers 317,807,082 passengers
2002 7,579,225 passengers 287,161,373 passengers
2001 8,430,333 passengers 286,388,891 passengers
2000 7,937,434 passengers 288,449,342 passengers
1999 6,590,700 passengers 266,190,600 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +24.7% from 15,309,117 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 8,761,116 passengers, the figure has changed by +117.9%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Greece has the 36th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 700,152,461 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 Greece
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