Aircraft departures — all countries

Aircraft departures — Upper-middle-income countries

Aircraft departures in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 9,926,802 departures. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 437.1%.

2023 9.93M departures +46.35% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 10.58M departures2019
Period minimum 1.85M departures1991

Trend over time

1991–2023 · departures

Aircraft departures — Upper-middle-income countries, 1991–202305M10M15M1991199519992003200720112015201920231991: 1,848,200 departures1992: 1,935,900 departures1993: 2,137,500 departures1994: 2,307,600 departures1995: 2,435,700 departures1996: 2,647,700 departures1997: 2,774,100 departures1998: 2,867,300 departures1999: 2,931,200 departures2000: 2,860,772 departures2001: 3,163,739 departures2002: 3,153,074 departures2003: 3,019,750 departures2004: 3,541,699 departures2005: 3,778,359 departures2006: 4,068,840 departures2007: 4,451,837 departures2008: 4,492,125 departures2009: 4,880,901 departures2010: 6,099,477 departures2011: 6,542,887 departures2012: 7,037,413 departures2013: 7,621,516 departures2014: 8,253,397 departures2015: 8,811,086 departures2016: 9,285,484 departures2017: 9,838,872 departures2018: 10,375,283 departures2019: 10,582,861 departures2020: 6,209,585 departures2021: 6,841,754 departures2022: 6,783,117 departures2023: 9,926,802 departures
Change over the period: +8.08M (+437.11%) Average annual rate: 5.39 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Upper-middle-income countries 9.93M departures
World 34.76M departures
Aircraft departures — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year departures Change Change, %
2023 9.93M +3.14M +46.35%
2022 6.78M −58,637 −0.86%
2021 6.84M +632,170 +10.18%
2020 6.21M −4.37M −41.32%
2019 10.58M +207,578 +2%
2018 10.38M +536,411 +5.45%
2017 9.84M +553,388 +5.96%
2016 9.29M +474,398 +5.38%
2015 8.81M +557,689 +6.76%
2014 8.25M +631,880 +8.29%
2013 7.62M +584,104 +8.3%
2012 7.04M +494,526 +7.56%
2011 6.54M +443,410 +7.27%
2010 6.1M +1.22M +24.97%
2009 4.88M +388,776 +8.65%
2008 4.49M +40,288 +0.9%
2007 4.45M +382,997 +9.41%
2006 4.07M +290,481 +7.69%
2005 3.78M +236,660 +6.68%
2004 3.54M +521,949 +17.28%
2003 3.02M −133,324 −4.23%
2002 3.15M −10,665 −0.34%
2001 3.16M +302,967 +10.59%
2000 2.86M −70,428 −2.4%
1999 2.93M +63,900 +2.23%
1998 2.87M +93,200 +3.36%
1997 2.77M +126,400 +4.77%
1996 2.65M +212,000 +8.7%
1995 2.44M +128,100 +5.55%
1994 2.31M +170,100 +7.96%
1993 2.14M +201,600 +10.41%
1992 1.94M +87,700 +4.75%
1991 1.85M

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.