Per capita international aviation passenger kilometers, 2018

Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) measures the number of kilometers traveled by paying passengers. It is calculated as the number of revenue passengers multiplied by the total distance traveled. International RPKs are allocated to the country of departure.

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Field Value
Reference period start 1 January 2018
Reference period end 31 December 2018
Geographies
    Regions ['worldwide']
    Topics
    Category Public Data
    Sources
    Sources 1
    Title
    Graver et al. (2019)
    Link
    https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-international-aviation-km
    Sources 2
    Title
    UN Population Prospects
    Link
    https://population.un.org/wpp/
    Overview Text
    Language en
    Is archived
    Sectors Aviation
    Modes All
    Services Passenger
    Update frequency As Needed
    Indicators
    1. Most international flights
    Units
    1. PKM/capita
    Dimensioning passenger demand
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      Data Provider Our World in Data
      URL https://ourworldindata.org/
      Data Access publicly available
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