Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — Middle Africa

Aircraft departures in Middle Africa in 2023 — 36,660 departures. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 6%.

2023 36,660 departures +19.87% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 70,580 departures2016
Period minimum 13,256 departures2020

Trend over time

1970–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — Middle Africa, 1970–2023020,00040,00060,00080,00019701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 34,600 departures1971: 33,600 departures1972: 32,300 departures1973: 35,600 departures1974: 34,400 departures1975: 46,100 departures1976: 46,400 departures1977: 52,300 departures1978: 50,300 departures1979: 60,700 departures1980: 58,400 departures1981: 59,900 departures1982: 57,000 departures1983: 64,300 departures1984: 51,600 departures1985: 51,000 departures1986: 48,300 departures1987: 46,400 departures1988: 45,400 departures1989: 43,900 departures1990: 39,700 departures1991: 41,000 departures1992: 33,400 departures1993: 32,400 departures1994: 36,900 departures1995: 33,800 departures1996: 28,700 departures1997: 38,700 departures1998: 39,100 departures1999: 27,900 departures2000: 27,852 departures2001: 34,951 departures2010: 31,693 departures2011: 29,224 departures2012: 40,220 departures2013: 63,204 departures2014: 55,524 departures2015: 67,668 departures2016: 70,580 departures2018: 41,171 departures2019: 36,397 departures2020: 13,256 departures2021: 17,387 departures2022: 30,584 departures2023: 36,660 departures
Change over the period: +2,060 (+5.95%) Average annual rate: 0.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Middle Africa 36,660 departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 36,660 +6,076 +19.87%
2022 30,584 +13,197 +75.9%
2021 17,387 +4,131 +31.17%
2020 13,256 −23,141 −63.58%
2019 36,397 −4,774 −11.6%
2018 41,171
2016 70,580 +2,912 +4.3%
2015 67,668 +12,144 +21.87%
2014 55,524 −7,680 −12.15%
2013 63,204 +22,984 +57.15%
2012 40,220 +10,996 +37.63%
2011 29,224 −2,469 −7.79%
2010 31,693
2001 34,951 +7,099 +25.49%
2000 27,852 −48 −0.17%
1999 27,900 −11,200 −28.64%
1998 39,100 +400 +1.03%
1997 38,700 +10,000 +34.84%
1996 28,700 −5,100 −15.09%
1995 33,800 −3,100 −8.4%
1994 36,900 +4,500 +13.89%
1993 32,400 −1,000 −2.99%
1992 33,400 −7,600 −18.54%
1991 41,000 +1,300 +3.27%
1990 39,700 −4,200 −9.57%
1989 43,900 −1,500 −3.3%
1988 45,400 −1,000 −2.16%
1987 46,400 −1,900 −3.93%
1986 48,300 −2,700 −5.29%
1985 51,000 −600 −1.16%
1984 51,600 −12,700 −19.75%
1983 64,300 +7,300 +12.81%
1982 57,000 −2,900 −4.84%
1981 59,900 +1,500 +2.57%
1980 58,400 −2,300 −3.79%
1979 60,700 +10,400 +20.68%
1978 50,300 −2,000 −3.82%
1977 52,300 +5,900 +12.72%
1976 46,400 +300 +0.65%
1975 46,100 +11,700 +34.01%
1974 34,400 −1,200 −3.37%
1973 35,600 +3,300 +10.22%
1972 32,300 −1,300 −3.87%
1971 33,600 −1,000 −2.89%
1970 34,600

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.