Air passengers carried in Switzerland

Airlines registered in Switzerland carried 27,725,233 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Switzerland, 2023 27,725,233 Passengers
Change from 2022 +21.7% 2022: 22,773,897 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 30th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Switzerland 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 SwitzerlandWorld
2023 27,725,233 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 22,773,897 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 10,988,881 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 9,009,607 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 30,339,654 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 28,857,994 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 26,732,570 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 25,859,918 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 27,011,762 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 27,923,164 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 27,503,416 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 26,386,307 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 24,866,065 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 22,146,864 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 14,701,206 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 14,352,757 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 12,298,456 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 10,647,142 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 9,662,619 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 9,287,315 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 10,118,096 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 13,295,500 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 16,914,823 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 17,268,093 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 16,209,000 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +21.7% from 22,773,897 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 27,503,416 passengers, the figure has changed by +0.8%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Switzerland has the 30th highest value.
  • 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 Switzerland
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