Air passengers carried in Spain

Airlines registered in Spain carried 94,101,520 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Spain, 2023 94,101,520 Passengers
Change from 2022 +16.3% 2022: 80,908,169 passengers
European Union, 2023 700,152,461 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 11th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Spain 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 SpainEuropean Union
2023 94,101,520 passengers 700,152,461 passengers
2022 80,908,169 passengers 597,439,599 passengers
2021 43,440,480 passengers 300,510,413 passengers
2020 26,557,078 passengers 224,581,686 passengers
2019 88,237,165 passengers 752,764,694 passengers
2018 80,706,703 passengers 691,558,405 passengers
2017 71,598,374 passengers 657,059,035 passengers
2016 66,674,868 passengers 620,961,607 passengers
2015 60,564,041 passengers 588,104,162 passengers
2014 53,069,339 passengers 548,633,991 passengers
2013 48,056,736 passengers 522,944,433 passengers
2012 48,089,178 passengers 514,301,801 passengers
2011 52,736,141 passengers 515,081,475 passengers
2010 52,847,713 passengers 483,874,507 passengers
2009 49,289,158 passengers 419,908,189 passengers
2008 55,213,716 passengers 427,781,328 passengers
2007 60,664,991 passengers 425,646,377 passengers
2006 53,122,464 passengers 390,742,949 passengers
2005 49,855,007 passengers 359,471,494 passengers
2004 45,539,952 passengers 347,767,674 passengers
2003 42,506,835 passengers 317,807,082 passengers
2002 40,380,629 passengers 287,161,373 passengers
2001 41,469,789 passengers 286,388,891 passengers
2000 39,711,776 passengers 288,449,342 passengers
1999 33,559,400 passengers 266,190,600 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +16.3% from 80,908,169 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 48,056,736 passengers, the figure has changed by +95.8%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Spain has the 11th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 700,152,461 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
1970 to 2023 for Spain
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