* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Airline passengers of domestically owned airlines, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 17 countries was 10.9 million passengers. The highest value was in Brazil: 61.9 million passengers and the lowest value was in Guatemala: 0 million passengers. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million passengers; Source: The International Civil Aviation Organization
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Airline passengers, 2021 Global rank Available data
Brazil 61.9 1 1970 - 2021
Mexico 54.22 2 1970 - 2021
Colombia 26.17 3 1970 - 2021
Chile 10.3 4 1970 - 2021
Peru 9.05 5 1970 - 2021
Panama 8.21 6 1970 - 2021
Argentina 6.71 7 1970 - 2021
Bolivia 4.31 8 1970 - 2021
Ecuador 1.53 9 1970 - 2021
El Salvador 1.41 10 1970 - 2021
Costa Rica 0.67 11 1970 - 2021
Honduras 0.27 12 1970 - 2021
Venezuela 0.27 13 1970 - 2021
Paraguay 0.11 14 1970 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 0.07 15 1970 - 2021
Haiti 0.02 16 1970 - 2021
Guatemala 0 17 1970 - 2021



Definition: Air passengers carried include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carriers registered in the country.

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