Air passengers carried in Zambia

Airlines registered in Zambia carried 321,739 passengers in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 1990.

Measure: Air passengers carried Unit: Passengers Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Zambia, 2023 321,739 Passengers
Change from 2022 +40.7% 2022: 228,651 passengers
World, 2023 4,268,984,474 passengers Official aggregate
Position in 2023 123rd of 149 See the full ranking

Air passengers carried in Zambia 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 ZambiaWorld
2023 321,739 passengers 4,268,984,474 passengers
2022 228,651 passengers 3,230,288,280 passengers
2021 136,610 passengers 2,279,974,770 passengers
2020 8,718 passengers 1,771,894,087 passengers
2019 17,506 passengers 4,455,690,101 passengers
2018 16,633 passengers 4,293,921,426 passengers
2017 154,573 passengers 4,025,616,012 passengers
2016 144,060 passengers 3,760,774,350 passengers
2015 203,617 passengers 3,525,115,153 passengers
2014 8,592 passengers 3,285,080,769 passengers
2013 10,032 passengers 3,100,200,780 passengers
2012 127,297 passengers 2,943,247,913 passengers
2011 306,034 passengers 2,833,214,050 passengers
2010 260,502 passengers 2,669,414,339 passengers
2009 – 2,249,728,546 passengers
2008 62,467 passengers 2,208,218,737 passengers
2007 61,589 passengers 2,209,136,496 passengers
2006 58,679 passengers 2,072,413,898 passengers
2005 53,880 passengers 1,969,590,799 passengers
2004 49,888 passengers 1,888,695,284 passengers
2003 50,977 passengers 1,665,309,283 passengers
2002 47,075 passengers 1,627,404,873 passengers
2001 48,517 passengers 1,655,230,214 passengers
2000 89,628 passengers 1,674,064,712 passengers
1999 77,700 passengers 1,562,256,300 passengers

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +40.7% from 228,651 passengers in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 10,032 passengers, the figure has changed by +3,107.1%.
  • Among the 149 countries with data for 2023, Zambia has the 123rd 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 Zambia
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