Air passengers carried in Rwanda

Airlines registered in Rwanda carried 1,537,008 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1981 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2023 1,537,008 Passengers
Change from 2022 +7.5% 2022: 1,429,703 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 87th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Rwanda 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 RwandaWorld
2023 1,537,008 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 1,429,703 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 715,764 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 661,288 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 1,561,562 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 1,502,478 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 1,031,957 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 644,559 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 544,541 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 626,928 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 610,992 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 593,198 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 268,377 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 188,221 passengers 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 +7.5% from 1,429,703 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 610,992 passengers, the figure has changed by +151.6%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Rwanda has the 87th 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 Rwanda
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