Air passengers carried in Italy

Airlines registered in Italy carried 20,264,734 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Italy, 2023 20,264,734 Passengers
Change from 2022 +38.1% 2022: 14,670,032 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 34th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Italy 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 ItalyEuropean Union
2023 20,264,734 passengers 700,152,461 passengers
2022 14,670,032 passengers 597,439,599 passengers
2021 2,449,339 passengers 300,510,413 passengers
2020 7,801,490 passengers 224,581,686 passengers
2019 27,760,301 passengers 752,764,694 passengers
2018 27,243,741 passengers 691,558,405 passengers
2017 26,288,001 passengers 657,059,035 passengers
2016 29,120,041 passengers 620,961,607 passengers
2015 28,603,919 passengers 588,104,162 passengers
2014 27,193,939 passengers 548,633,991 passengers
2013 27,846,220 passengers 522,944,433 passengers
2012 31,072,962 passengers 514,301,801 passengers
2011 33,923,371 passengers 515,081,475 passengers
2010 32,645,164 passengers 483,874,507 passengers
2009 33,194,501 passengers 419,908,189 passengers
2008 30,672,048 passengers 427,781,328 passengers
2007 37,830,745 passengers 425,646,377 passengers
2006 36,709,131 passengers 390,742,949 passengers
2005 36,115,764 passengers 359,471,494 passengers
2004 35,922,093 passengers 347,767,674 passengers
2003 36,345,771 passengers 317,807,082 passengers
2002 28,244,627 passengers 287,161,373 passengers
2001 31,031,074 passengers 286,388,891 passengers
2000 30,418,137 passengers 288,449,342 passengers
1999 28,281,000 passengers 266,190,600 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +38.1% from 14,670,032 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 27,846,220 passengers, the figure has changed by −27.2%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Italy has the 34th 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 Italy
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