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Air transport passengers

Passengers carried by nationally registered air carriers. How to read this indicator

passengers carried
4.57M
Latest: 2023 -14.9% since 2018
Recent observations. Years with no reported value remain blank.
YearEcuadorUnited States
20234.57M941.56M
20223.21M852.83M
20211.53M666.15M
20201.15M369.50M
20194.83M926.74M
20185.37M889.02M
20175.12M849.40M
20165.10M824.04M
20155.68M798.22M
20145.68M762.71M

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Values can be revised by the source.

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Why the year matters

A country can look stronger simply because one series is newer. We display each observation year instead of pretending every value is current.

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Change needs a baseline

The latest number alone says little about direction. Every card compares it with an available observation roughly five years earlier.

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National data has limits

These indicators describe whole economies. They do not capture city-level costs, sector regulation or the experience of an individual company.

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