The number of people summiting Mount Everest each year has increased from 23 people in 1983 to 704 people in 2022. That’s almost a 31-fold increase over a timespan when the overall global population has only increased by 70%. And that’s despite the median travel guide package for Everest exceeding $50,000.
The two interruptions to the exponential growth in Everest tourism occurred in 2014-2015 (due to avalanches) and 2020-2021 (due to Covid travel restrictions).
Year | Number of People who Summited Everest |
2022 | 704 |
2021 | 461 |
2020 | 49 |
2019 | 899 |
2018 | 848 |
2017 | 670 |
2016 | 678 |
2015 | 0 |
2014 | 133 |
2013 | 679 |
2012 | 574 |
2011 | 541 |
2010 | 532 |
2009 | 463 |
2008 | 428 |
2007 | 611 |
2006 | 483 |
2005 | 307 |
2004 | 335 |
2003 | 264 |
2002 | 158 |
2001 | 182 |
2000 | 145 |
1999 | 116 |
1998 | 119 |
1997 | 85 |
1996 | 98 |
1995 | 82 |
1994 | 51 |
1993 | 129 |
1992 | 90 |
1991 | 38 |
1990 | 72 |
1989 | 24 |
1988 | 50 |
1987 | 2 |
1986 | 4 |
1985 | 30 |
1984 | 16 |
1983 | 23 |