Air passengers carried in Saudi Arabia
Airlines registered in Saudi Arabia carried 47,979,994 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Saudi Arabia, 2023
47,979,994
Change from 2022
+65.4%
World, 2023
4,268,984,474 passengers
Position in 2023
22nd of 149
Air passengers carried in Saudi Arabia 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.
| Period | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 47,979,994 passengers | 4,268,984,474 passengers |
| 2022 | 29,005,342 passengers | 3,230,288,280 passengers |
| 2021 | 29,403,732 passengers | 2,279,974,770 passengers |
| 2020 | 20,968,866 passengers | 1,771,894,087 passengers |
| 2019 | 46,181,487 passengers | 4,455,690,101 passengers |
| 2018 | 39,767,648 passengers | 4,293,921,426 passengers |
| 2017 | 37,503,000 passengers | 4,025,616,012 passengers |
| 2016 | 35,092,840 passengers | 3,760,774,350 passengers |
| 2015 | 33,431,736 passengers | 3,525,115,153 passengers |
| 2014 | 32,269,452 passengers | 3,285,080,769 passengers |
| 2013 | 28,252,104 passengers | 3,100,200,780 passengers |
| 2012 | 26,537,661 passengers | 2,943,247,913 passengers |
| 2011 | 23,135,735 passengers | 2,833,214,050 passengers |
| 2010 | 20,323,592 passengers | 2,669,414,339 passengers |
| 2009 | 17,508,200 passengers | 2,249,728,546 passengers |
| 2008 | 16,708,204 passengers | 2,208,218,737 passengers |
| 2007 | 17,141,188 passengers | 2,209,136,496 passengers |
| 2006 | 16,830,838 passengers | 2,072,413,898 passengers |
| 2005 | 15,933,045 passengers | 1,969,590,799 passengers |
| 2004 | 14,942,633 passengers | 1,888,695,284 passengers |
| 2003 | 13,821,729 passengers | 1,665,309,283 passengers |
| 2002 | 13,564,300 passengers | 1,627,404,873 passengers |
| 2001 | 12,835,735 passengers | 1,655,230,214 passengers |
| 2000 | 12,566,492 passengers | 1,674,064,712 passengers |
| 1999 | 12,328,500 passengers | 1,562,256,300 passengers |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +65.4% from 29,005,342 passengers in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 28,252,104 passengers, the figure has changed by +69.8%.
- Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Saudi Arabia has the 22nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 passengers.