Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — G20

Aircraft departures in the G20 in 2023 — 25,089,413 departures. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 237%.

2023 25.09M departures +20.8% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 27.2M departures2019
Period minimum 7.02M departures1975

Trend over time

1970–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — G20, 1970–2023010M20M30M19701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 7,445,400 departures1971: 7,474,400 departures1972: 7,476,400 departures1973: 7,610,600 departures1974: 7,084,900 departures1975: 7,016,200 departures1976: 7,201,300 departures1977: 7,574,800 departures1978: 7,755,000 departures1979: 8,076,200 departures1980: 8,089,400 departures1981: 7,724,500 departures1982: 7,648,000 departures1983: 7,947,700 departures1984: 8,543,200 departures1985: 8,998,000 departures1986: 9,677,700 departures1987: 10,178,700 departures1988: 10,644,300 departures1989: 10,662,400 departures1990: 11,188,700 departures1991: 10,888,000 departures1992: 11,074,400 departures1993: 11,904,500 departures1994: 12,939,200 departures1995: 13,555,700 departures1996: 14,207,600 departures1997: 14,416,800 departures1998: 14,398,600 departures1999: 15,451,000 departures2000: 16,504,293 departures2001: 16,588,694 departures2002: 15,544,548 departures2003: 15,979,351 departures2004: 18,227,672 departures2005: 19,148,797 departures2006: 19,586,501 departures2007: 20,373,808 departures2008: 19,797,096 departures2009: 20,097,319 departures2010: 22,311,078 departures2011: 22,841,611 departures2012: 23,147,475 departures2013: 23,352,588 departures2014: 23,787,464 departures2015: 24,450,395 departures2016: 25,346,447 departures2017: 26,116,294 departures2018: 26,927,271 departures2019: 27,197,975 departures2020: 15,536,787 departures2021: 18,659,822 departures2022: 20,769,840 departures2023: 25,089,413 departures
Change over the period: +17.64M (+236.98%) Average annual rate: 2.32 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 25.09M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 25.09M +4.32M +20.8%
2022 20.77M +2.11M +11.31%
2021 18.66M +3.12M +20.1%
2020 15.54M −11.66M −42.88%
2019 27.2M +270,704 +1.01%
2018 26.93M +810,977 +3.11%
2017 26.12M +769,847 +3.04%
2016 25.35M +896,052 +3.66%
2015 24.45M +662,931 +2.79%
2014 23.79M +434,877 +1.86%
2013 23.35M +205,113 +0.89%
2012 23.15M +305,864 +1.34%
2011 22.84M +530,532 +2.38%
2010 22.31M +2.21M +11.02%
2009 20.1M +300,223 +1.52%
2008 19.8M −576,712 −2.83%
2007 20.37M +787,307 +4.02%
2006 19.59M +437,704 +2.29%
2005 19.15M +921,125 +5.05%
2004 18.23M +2.25M +14.07%
2003 15.98M +434,803 +2.8%
2002 15.54M −1.04M −6.29%
2001 16.59M +84,401 +0.51%
2000 16.5M +1.05M +6.82%
1999 15.45M +1.05M +7.31%
1998 14.4M −18,200 −0.13%
1997 14.42M +209,200 +1.47%
1996 14.21M +651,900 +4.81%
1995 13.56M +616,500 +4.76%
1994 12.94M +1.03M +8.69%
1993 11.9M +830,100 +7.5%
1992 11.07M +186,400 +1.71%
1991 10.89M −300,700 −2.69%
1990 11.19M +526,300 +4.94%
1989 10.66M +18,100 +0.17%
1988 10.64M +465,600 +4.57%
1987 10.18M +501,000 +5.18%
1986 9.68M +679,700 +7.55%
1985 9M +454,800 +5.32%
1984 8.54M +595,500 +7.49%
1983 7.95M +299,700 +3.92%
1982 7.65M −76,500 −0.99%
1981 7.72M −364,900 −4.51%
1980 8.09M +13,200 +0.16%
1979 8.08M +321,200 +4.14%
1978 7.76M +180,200 +2.38%
1977 7.57M +373,500 +5.19%
1976 7.2M +185,100 +2.64%
1975 7.02M −68,700 −0.97%
1974 7.08M −525,700 −6.91%
1973 7.61M +134,200 +1.79%
1972 7.48M +2,000 +0.03%
1971 7.47M +29,000 +0.39%
1970 7.45M

About the indicator

The number of departures by the aircraft of national carriers on domestic and international flights over the year. Set against passenger traffic it gives the average load of a flight: passenger traffic growing while the number of departures holds steady means a shift to larger aircraft or better seat occupancy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.