Air passengers carried in Kuwait
Airlines registered in Kuwait carried 9,499,895 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Kuwait, 2023
9,499,895
Change from 2022
+29.6%
World, 2023
4,268,984,474 passengers
Position in 2023
48th of 149
Air passengers carried in Kuwait over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Passengers. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9,499,895 passengers | 4,268,984,474 passengers |
| 2022 | 7,330,465 passengers | 3,230,288,280 passengers |
| 2021 | 2,182,888 passengers | 2,279,974,770 passengers |
| 2020 | 1,823,594 passengers | 1,771,894,087 passengers |
| 2019 | 7,385,299 passengers | 4,455,690,101 passengers |
| 2018 | 6,464,847 passengers | 4,293,921,426 passengers |
| 2017 | 5,731,748 passengers | 4,025,616,012 passengers |
| 2016 | 4,069,935 passengers | 3,760,774,350 passengers |
| 2015 | 3,752,995 passengers | 3,525,115,153 passengers |
| 2014 | 3,530,851 passengers | 3,285,080,769 passengers |
| 2013 | 3,244,805 passengers | 3,100,200,780 passengers |
| 2012 | 3,481,039 passengers | 2,943,247,913 passengers |
| 2011 | 3,722,730 passengers | 2,833,214,050 passengers |
| 2010 | 4,563,082 passengers | 2,669,414,339 passengers |
| 2009 | 2,597,076 passengers | 2,249,728,546 passengers |
| 2008 | 2,523,966 passengers | 2,208,218,737 passengers |
| 2007 | 2,659,769 passengers | 2,209,136,496 passengers |
| 2006 | 2,627,870 passengers | 2,072,413,898 passengers |
| 2005 | 2,433,213 passengers | 1,969,590,799 passengers |
| 2004 | 2,496,441 passengers | 1,888,695,284 passengers |
| 2003 | 2,185,990 passengers | 1,665,309,283 passengers |
| 2002 | 2,299,218 passengers | 1,627,404,873 passengers |
| 2001 | 2,084,574 passengers | 1,655,230,214 passengers |
| 2000 | 2,112,523 passengers | 1,674,064,712 passengers |
| 1999 | 2,130,000 passengers | 1,562,256,300 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +29.6% from 7,330,465 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3,244,805 passengers, the figure has changed by +192.8%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Kuwait has the 48th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.