Between 2022 and 2050, passenger travel by bus in cities around the world is expected to nearly double. Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to experience particularly strong growth in this sector, with urban bus passenger kilometers growing from 798 billion to 2.5 trillion.
Global urban passenger travel demand for bus travel from 2019 to 2022 with a forecast through 2050, by region
(in billion passenger kilometers)
Characteristic
Europe
East and Northeast Asia
Latin America and the Caribbean
Middle East and North Africa
Southeast Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
South and Southwest Asia
Transition economies and other Asia Pacific
United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
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ITF, & OECD. (May 24, 2023). Global urban passenger travel demand for bus travel from 2019 to 2022 with a forecast through 2050, by region (in billion passenger kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402477/worldwide-urban-passenger-travel-demand-for-travel-by-bus/
ITF, und OECD. "Global urban passenger travel demand for bus travel from 2019 to 2022 with a forecast through 2050, by region (in billion passenger kilometers)." Chart. May 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402477/worldwide-urban-passenger-travel-demand-for-travel-by-bus/
ITF, OECD. (2023). Global urban passenger travel demand for bus travel from 2019 to 2022 with a forecast through 2050, by region (in billion passenger kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402477/worldwide-urban-passenger-travel-demand-for-travel-by-bus/
ITF, and OECD. "Global Urban Passenger Travel Demand for Bus Travel from 2019 to 2022 with a Forecast through 2050, by Region (in Billion Passenger Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402477/worldwide-urban-passenger-travel-demand-for-travel-by-bus/
ITF & OECD, Global urban passenger travel demand for bus travel from 2019 to 2022 with a forecast through 2050, by region (in billion passenger kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402477/worldwide-urban-passenger-travel-demand-for-travel-by-bus/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Global urban passenger travel demand for bus travel from 2019 to 2022 with a forecast through 2050, by region (in billion passenger kilometers) [Graph], ITF, & OECD, May 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402477/worldwide-urban-passenger-travel-demand-for-travel-by-bus/