Air passengers carried in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 — 56,956,843 people. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 1,142.2%.
1970–2023 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 56.96M | +11.01M | +23.97% |
| 2022 | 45.95M | +14.46M | +45.94% |
| 2021 | 31.48M | +6.99M | +28.53% |
| 2020 | 24.49M | −41.74M | −63.02% |
| 2019 | 66.24M | +1.28M | +1.98% |
| 2018 | 64.95M | +10.69M | +19.7% |
| 2017 | 54.26M | +4.58M | +9.21% |
| 2016 | 49.68M | +1.83M | +3.83% |
| 2015 | 47.85M | +3.47M | +7.82% |
| 2014 | 44.38M | +590,654 | +1.35% |
| 2013 | 43.79M | −1.62M | −3.56% |
| 2012 | 45.41M | +2.76M | +6.47% |
| 2011 | 42.65M | +4.46M | +11.67% |
| 2010 | 38.19M | +10.44M | +37.63% |
| 2009 | 27.75M | −347,699 | −1.24% |
| 2008 | 28.1M | +864,102 | +3.17% |
| 2007 | 27.23M | +1.46M | +5.65% |
| 2006 | 25.78M | +2.16M | +9.13% |
| 2005 | 23.62M | +3.45M | +17.12% |
| 2004 | 20.17M | +2.28M | +12.77% |
| 2003 | 17.88M | +1.35M | +8.16% |
| 2002 | 16.54M | −638,505 | −3.72% |
| 2001 | 17.17M | −739,341 | −4.13% |
| 2000 | 17.91M | +790,857 | +4.62% |
| 1999 | 17.12M | +879,700 | +5.42% |
| 1998 | 16.24M | −235,100 | −1.43% |
| 1997 | 16.48M | +443,100 | +2.76% |
| 1996 | 16.03M | +665,700 | +4.33% |
| 1995 | 15.37M | +426,000 | +2.85% |
| 1994 | 14.94M | +1.02M | +7.32% |
| 1993 | 13.92M | +410,500 | +3.04% |
| 1992 | 13.51M | −696,300 | −4.9% |
| 1991 | 14.21M | −599,600 | −4.05% |
| 1990 | 14.81M | +95,200 | +0.65% |
| 1989 | 14.71M | −149,100 | −1% |
| 1988 | 14.86M | +539,900 | +3.77% |
| 1987 | 14.32M | +231,500 | +1.64% |
| 1986 | 14.09M | −1.09M | −7.17% |
| 1985 | 15.18M | +393,400 | +2.66% |
| 1984 | 14.79M | +388,700 | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 14.4M | +118,500 | +0.83% |
| 1982 | 14.28M | +68,300 | +0.48% |
| 1981 | 14.21M | +1.19M | +9.15% |
| 1980 | 13.02M | +1.73M | +15.31% |
| 1979 | 11.29M | +1.55M | +15.93% |
| 1978 | 9.74M | +978,500 | +11.17% |
| 1977 | 8.76M | +180,600 | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 8.58M | +1.26M | +17.21% |
| 1975 | 7.32M | +508,800 | +7.47% |
| 1974 | 6.81M | +550,500 | +8.79% |
| 1973 | 6.26M | +901,100 | +16.81% |
| 1972 | 5.36M | +346,800 | +6.92% |
| 1971 | 5.01M | +428,100 | +9.34% |
| 1970 | 4.59M | — | — |
The number of passengers carried by airlines registered in the country on domestic and international flights over the year. The indicator refers to the carrier, not to airports: a country with a large transit hub but a small national carrier looks more modest here than it does by airport traffic.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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