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Transport infrastructure indicators — Airports by country

The dataset includes performance indicators linked to transport infrastructure.

Countries reporting
52
Highest
937.5 Per 100 square kilometres
Malta
Lowest
0.234 Per 100 square kilometres
Australia
Median
4.9 Per 100 square kilometres
Years covered
13
2004–2016
Data points
698

What the numbers show

Transport infrastructure indicators — Airports is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 937.5 Per 100 square kilometres in Malta; the lowest is 0.234 Per 100 square kilometres in Australia.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.9 Per 100 square kilometres, and the mean is 25.25 Per 100 square kilometres.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,006.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 85.7%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 50.0%).

Transport infrastructure indicators — Airports: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 937.5 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 50.0% flat
1 Netherlands 14.85 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 0.3% rising
1 Croatia 14.29 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 33.3% rising
2 Luxembourg 38.85 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged flat
2 Slovenia 4.96 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 50.0% falling
3 Israel 18.48 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 33.3% falling
3 Lithuania 4.79 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 0.1% rising
4 Greece 17.84 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 9.5% rising
4 Estonia 4.6 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 2.5% rising
4 Moldova 3.04 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 0.0% flat
5 Belgium 16.48 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 25.0% rising
5 Poland 3.59 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 10.0% rising
6 United Kingdom 15.71 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 7.3% flat
6 Türkiye 3.38 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 85.7% rising
7 Switzerland 15.19 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 0.0% flat
7 Latvia 1.61 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged falling
8 Montenegro 14.87 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged flat
9 Iceland 12.97 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 85.7% rising
10 Denmark 12.5 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 16.7% flat
11 Italy 11.16 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged rising
12 Ireland 10.16 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 12.5% falling
13 Japan 10.15 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged rising
14 France 10.02 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 5.9% rising
15 Portugal 8.73 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 33.1% rising
16 Germany 8.59 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 15.2% rising
17 North Macedonia 7.93 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 0.8% flat
18 Austria 7.27 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged flat
19 Armenia 7.02 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged flat
20 Czechia 6.48 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 25.1% rising
21 New Zealand 6.46 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 5.6% flat
22 Spain 6.21 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 3.2% flat
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.86 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged rising
24 Azerbaijan 4.84 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 33.3% rising
25 Sweden 4.66 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 5.6% rising
26 Romania 4.35 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 9.1% rising
27 Georgia 4.32 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged flat
28 Norway 3.83 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 27.3% rising
29 Bulgaria 3.68 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 33.4% rising
30 Albania 3.65 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged flat
31 Serbia 3.43 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 unchanged falling
32 Morocco 3.36 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 7.1% rising
33 Finland 3.29 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 9.0% flat
34 Hungary 3.29 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 26.4% rising
35 Mexico 2.16 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 5.0% flat
36 Ukraine 1.9 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 0.0% rising
37 United States 1.14 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 6.3% flat
38 India 0.9754 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 26.1% rising
39 Chile 0.8083 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 0.2% rising
40 China 0.7989 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 63.0% rising
41 Canada 0.3792 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 17.2% rising
42 Argentina 0.2923 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 down 33.3% falling
43 Australia 0.234 Per 100 square kilometres 2016 up 38.3% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Transport infrastructure indicators — Airports
Unit
Per 100 square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
54 places, 698 data points, 2004–2016
Last refreshed

The dataset includes performance indicators linked to transport infrastructure.