Air passengers carried in Yemen

Airlines registered in Yemen carried 618,613 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2014.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Yemen, 2023 618,613 Passengers
Change from 2022 +1,104.5% 2022: 51,357 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 113th of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Yemen 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 YemenWorld
2023 618,613 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 51,357 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 52,035 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 52,035 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 – 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 336,310 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 132,571 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 242,723 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 443,685 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 1,665,552 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 1,664,220 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 1,299,707 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 1,492,073 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 1,536,556 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 1,050,486 passengers 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 1,064,878 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 1,073,493 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 1,162,316 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 1,083,404 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 1,022,079 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 844,284 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 869,296 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 841,366 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 841,609 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 731,000 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1,104.5% from 51,357 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2012, when it was 1,299,707 passengers, the figure has changed by −52.4%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Yemen has the 113th 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 Yemen
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