Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — Lower-middle-income countries

Aircraft departures in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 3,071,493 departures. Since 1973, the indicator has risen by 528%.

2023 3.07M departures +11.79% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3.3M departures2019
Period minimum 444,400 departures1974

Trend over time

1973–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — Lower-middle-income countries, 1973–202301M2M3M4M197319781983198819931998200320082013201820231973: 489,100 departures1974: 444,400 departures1975: 512,000 departures1976: 544,600 departures1977: 540,600 departures1978: 562,300 departures1979: 570,800 departures1980: 577,400 departures1981: 582,400 departures1982: 577,600 departures1983: 624,300 departures1984: 654,700 departures1985: 680,900 departures1986: 687,400 departures1987: 708,500 departures1988: 730,600 departures1989: 727,600 departures1990: 694,200 departures1991: 680,200 departures1992: 740,700 departures1993: 678,800 departures1994: 751,100 departures1995: 788,300 departures1996: 814,300 departures1997: 901,100 departures1998: 916,400 departures1999: 874,800 departures2000: 898,865 departures2001: 960,744 departures2002: 898,613 departures2003: 985,420 departures2004: 1,048,521 departures2005: 1,111,111 departures2006: 1,279,974 departures2007: 1,429,273 departures2008: 1,462,230 departures2009: 1,523,874 departures2010: 2,030,714 departures2011: 2,203,008 departures2012: 2,212,345 departures2013: 2,278,936 departures2014: 2,441,300 departures2015: 2,560,024 departures2016: 2,825,536 departures2017: 3,009,732 departures2018: 3,271,078 departures2019: 3,298,251 departures2020: 1,588,633 departures2021: 1,813,405 departures2022: 2,747,600 departures2023: 3,071,493 departures
Change over the period: +2.58M (+527.99%) Average annual rate: 3.74 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 3.07M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 3.07M +323,894 +11.79%
2022 2.75M +934,195 +51.52%
2021 1.81M +224,772 +14.15%
2020 1.59M −1.71M −51.83%
2019 3.3M +27,174 +0.83%
2018 3.27M +261,345 +8.68%
2017 3.01M +184,196 +6.52%
2016 2.83M +265,512 +10.37%
2015 2.56M +118,724 +4.86%
2014 2.44M +162,365 +7.12%
2013 2.28M +66,591 +3.01%
2012 2.21M +9,337 +0.42%
2011 2.2M +172,294 +8.48%
2010 2.03M +506,840 +33.26%
2009 1.52M +61,644 +4.22%
2008 1.46M +32,957 +2.31%
2007 1.43M +149,299 +11.66%
2006 1.28M +168,863 +15.2%
2005 1.11M +62,590 +5.97%
2004 1.05M +63,101 +6.4%
2003 985,420 +86,807 +9.66%
2002 898,613 −62,131 −6.47%
2001 960,744 +61,879 +6.88%
2000 898,865 +24,065 +2.75%
1999 874,800 −41,600 −4.54%
1998 916,400 +15,300 +1.7%
1997 901,100 +86,800 +10.66%
1996 814,300 +26,000 +3.3%
1995 788,300 +37,200 +4.95%
1994 751,100 +72,300 +10.65%
1993 678,800 −61,900 −8.36%
1992 740,700 +60,500 +8.89%
1991 680,200 −14,000 −2.02%
1990 694,200 −33,400 −4.59%
1989 727,600 −3,000 −0.41%
1988 730,600 +22,100 +3.12%
1987 708,500 +21,100 +3.07%
1986 687,400 +6,500 +0.95%
1985 680,900 +26,200 +4%
1984 654,700 +30,400 +4.87%
1983 624,300 +46,700 +8.09%
1982 577,600 −4,800 −0.82%
1981 582,400 +5,000 +0.87%
1980 577,400 +6,600 +1.16%
1979 570,800 +8,500 +1.51%
1978 562,300 +21,700 +4.01%
1977 540,600 −4,000 −0.73%
1976 544,600 +32,600 +6.37%
1975 512,000 +67,600 +15.21%
1974 444,400 −44,700 −9.14%
1973 489,100

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.