Air passengers carried in Switzerland
Airlines registered in Switzerland carried 27,725,233 passengers in 2023.
Switzerland, 2023
27,725,233
Change from 2022
+21.7%
World, 2023
4,268,984,474 passengers
Position in 2023
30th of 149
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.
| Period | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Car ownership
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Road traffic deaths
2.8 per 100,000 people
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Rail passenger transport
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Road share of inland freight transport
66.2%e (Estimated)
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