Air passengers carried in OECD members

Airlines registered in OECD member countries carried 2,431,373,977 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023 2,431,373,977 Passengers
Change from 2022 +17.0% 2022: 2,078,770,540 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate

Air passengers carried in OECD members 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 OECD membersWorld
2023 2,431,373,977 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 2,078,770,540 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 1,302,098,735 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 872,244,225 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 2,504,574,292 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 2,413,352,568 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 2,295,787,113 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 2,190,437,625 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 2,082,857,593 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 1,959,633,536 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 1,880,658,281 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 1,813,901,530 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 1,767,775,671 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 1,714,226,706 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 1,516,777,735 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 1,561,688,255 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 1,594,664,421 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 1,523,845,112 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 1,475,137,918 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 1,413,357,107 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 1,278,025,311 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 1,247,264,642 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 1,283,609,610 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 1,333,236,717 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 1,245,629,100 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +17.0% from 2,078,770,540 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 1,880,658,281 passengers, the figure has changed by +29.3%.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.

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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 OECD members
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