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Singaporean air travel grew about 10-fold since 1980 while GDP grew 13-fold

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Singaporean air travel grew about 10-fold since 1980 while GDP grew 13-fold
Singapore: aviation demand vs GDP (multiples from annual passenger and GDP sums, 1980 vs 2025, the last full year)
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More than four decades of Singapore data show income and air travel climbing together over a very wide range.

What this shows: The chart covers 1980 Q1 to 2025 Q4 and its vertical axis shows log(passengers).

Conditions and method

Status: confirmed existence (full-sample evidence; a pre-COVID control sample dissents).

How these numbers are made

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