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.
Greece, 2023
19,090,513
Change from 2022
+24.7%
European Union, 2023
700,152,461 passengers
Position in 2023
36th of 149
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.
| Period | Greece | European 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.
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