Air passengers carried in Uganda

Airlines registered in Uganda carried 21,650 passengers in 2023.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2023 21,650 Passengers
Change from 2022 −38.4% 2022: 35,153 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 146th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Uganda 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 UgandaWorld
2023 21,650 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 35,153 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 16,490 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 4,946 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 19,823 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 21,212 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 14,958 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 52,187 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 41,812 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 163,824 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 198,804 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 182,144 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 141,603 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 154,909 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 64,234 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 63,160 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 59,715 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 55,292 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 49,368 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 45,711 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 39,749 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 40,560 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 40,560 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 39,379 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 179,400 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −38.4% from 35,153 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 198,804 passengers, the figure has changed by −89.1%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Uganda has the 146th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 4,268,984,474 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 Uganda
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