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In 2022 a significant rise in passenger traffic by all modes of transport
Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) data show that in 2022, compared to 2021, passenger traffic by all modes of transport has risen.
In 2022, 162.4 million passengers were carried by land passenger transport, which is 28 % more than in 2021 and 6.9 % more than in 2020, but 32.1 % less than in 2019.
The number of passengers carried by rail transport comprised 15.7 million passengers, which is 40.2 % more than a year ago and 22 % more than in 2020, but 15.7 % less than in 2019 before the pandemic. The number of passengers carried by national transport rose by 40.1 %, but the number of passengers carried by international transport – three times.
The number of passengers carried by regular bus traffic lines comprised 91.8 million passengers, which is 26.2 % more than in 2021 and 5.9 % more than in 2020, but 34.4 % less than in 2019. Number of passengers carried in national lines increased by 26.1 %, but the number of passengers carried in international lines – three times.
The number of passengers carried by trolleybuses comprised 30.2 million passengers, a rise of 28.7 %, but by trams – 24.7 million passengers, a growth of 26.6 %. Compared to 2020, the number of passengers carried by trolleybuses increased by 6.2 %, but by trams – by 3 % In turn, the number of passengers carried by trolleybuses and trams, as compared to 2019, has reduced by 24.3 % and 39.4 %, respectively.
Passengers carried by land passenger transport
(million passengers)
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Changes, % 2022/2021 |
Total | 239.3 | 152.0 | 126.8 | 162.4 | 28.0 |
Rail | 18.6 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 15.7 | 40.2 |
Regular bus traffic lines | 140.0 | 86.7 | 72.7 | 91.8 | 26.2 |
Trolleybuses | 39.9 | 28.4 | 23.4 | 30.2 | 28.7 |
Trams | 40.8 | 24.0 | 19.5 | 24.7 | 26.6 |
Refer to the OSP database: TPA020c
In 2022, 371.1 thousand passengers arrived at and departed from Latvian ports, which is 48.8 % more than in 2021, but 20.4 % less than in 2020 and 65.4 % less than in 2019. At Riga Passenger Terminal ferry traffic was still closed, at Ventspils port passenger turnover comprised 289.9 thousand passengers, which is 41.5 % more, but at Liepāja port – 81.2 thousand passengers, 1.8 times more than a year ago.
In 2022, 5.4 million passengers arrived at and departed from the Riga International Airport, which is 2.3 times more than in 2021 and 2.7 times more than in 2020, but 31 % less than in 2019.
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More information on the data:
Vida Lukaševiča
Transport and Tourism Statistics Section
E-mail: Vida.Lukasevica@csp.gov.lv
Phone: +371 67366681
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