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.
Spain, 2023
94,101,520
Change from 2022
+16.3%
European Union, 2023
700,152,461 passengers
Position in 2023
11th of 149
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.
| Period | Spain | European 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.
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