Air passengers carried in Kiribati

Airlines registered in Kiribati carried 58,879 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1981 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Kiribati, 2023 58,879 Passengers
Change from 2022 −12.4% 2022: 67,218 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 140th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Kiribati 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 KiribatiWorld
2023 58,879 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 67,218 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 46,390 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 56,299 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 65,847 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 66,567 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 66,567 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 – 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 – 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 – 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 – 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 – 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 – 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 – 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 – 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 – 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 – 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 – 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 – 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 – 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 – 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 – 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 – 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 – 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 – 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −12.4% from 67,218 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 1995, when it was 26,900 passengers, the figure has changed by +118.9%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Kiribati has the 140th 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
1981 to 2023 for Kiribati
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