Latin America & Caribbean · High income
Aruba: the economy in numbers
Per person: $38,591, or $51,712 at purchasing power parity. Population: 108,785 (2025).
GDP in 2024, current US dollars: #170 of 204 economies. IMF estimate for 2025: +6.3%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $1.19 billion in 1986, $4.28 billion in 2024.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $19,895 per person in 1986, $39,640 in 2024.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2015–2024: 2.5% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1987: 6 of 38.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 52.1% from 2000 to 2019. Highest annual inflation: 9.0% in 2008.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1995: 116.8% of GDP in 2020. IMF forecast for 2031: 46.7%.
Population
1960: 54,922 · 2025: 108,785.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 64.0 years · 2024: 76.5 years.
Exports of goods and services
1995: 84.9% · 2024: 86.0%.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 1.2%f | 2.0%f | 46.7%f | ||||||
| 2030 | 1.2%f | 2.0%f | 48.7%f | ||||||
| 2029 | 1.4%f | 2.0%f | 50.9%f | ||||||
| 2028 | 2.0%f | 2.0%f | 53.3%f | ||||||
| 2027 | 2.7%f | 2.2%f | 56.1%f | ||||||
| 2026 | 3.7%f | 1.8%f | 59.6%f | ||||||
| 2025 | 6.3%e | 0.1% | 64.8%e | 109K | |||||
| 2024 | $4.17B | $38,591 | $51,712 | 6.8% | 1.7% | 72.5% | 108K | 76.5 | 86.0% |
| 2023 | $3.75B | $34,898 | $47,522 | 9.5% | 3.4% | 83.0% | 107K | 76.4 | 79.9% |
| 2022 | $3.33B | $31,001 | $41,863 | 10.6% | 5.5% | 96.0% | 107K | 76.2 | 80.7% |
| 2021 | $2.89B | $26,827 | $35,207 | 14.8% | 0.7% | 109.4% | 108K | 73.7 | 67.3% |
| 2020 | $2.46B | $22,664 | $28,734 | −23.9% | −1.3% | 116.8% | 109K | 75.4 | 53.8% |
| 2019 | $3.35B | $30,654 | $38,555 | 1.2% | 4.3% | 72.1% | 109K | 76.0 | 66.7% |
| 2018 | $3.28B | $30,082 | $39,287 | 3.2% | 3.6% | 73.3% | 109K | 75.9 | 68.4% |
| 2017 | $3.09B | $28,440 | $37,525 | 3.5% | −1.0% | 75.8% | 109K | 75.6 | 69.6% |
| 2016 | $2.98B | $27,442 | $36,118 | 1.2% | −0.9% | 75.4% | 109K | 75.5 | 69.0% |
| 2015 | $2.96B | $27,458 | $35,973 | 3.6% | 0.5% | 74.2% | 108K | 75.4 | 70.3% |
| 2014 | $2.79B | $26,130 | $35,657 | 1.4% | 0.4% | 77.7% | 107K | 75.3 | 75.5% |
| 2013 | $2.73B | $25,814 | $35,902 | 6.4% | −2.4% | 70.0% | 106K | 75.1 | 73.6% |
| 2012 | $2.62B | $25,120 | $34,096 | −1.0% | 0.6% | 65.5% | 104K | 74.8 | 73.1% |
| 2011 | $2.64B | $25,712 | $35,324 | 3.4% | 4.3% | 59.3% | 103K | 74.6 | 69.8% |
| 2010 | $2.45B | $24,093 | $33,730 | −2.7% | 2.1% | 54.7% | 102K | 74.3 | 60.2% |
| 2009 | $2.55B | $25,135 | $34,340 | −11.7% | −2.1% | 48.8% | 102K | 74.0 | 62.9% |
| 2008 | $2.84B | $28,172 | $38,905 | 1.8% | 9.0% | 40.3% | 101K | 73.8 | 65.5% |
| 2007 | $2.68B | $26,736 | $37,769 | 3.1% | 5.4% | 44.6% | 100K | 73.6 | 65.1% |
| 2006 | $2.47B | $24,846 | $35,938 | 1.1% | 3.6% | 45.5% | 99.4K | 73.5 | 64.6% |
| 2005 | $2.36B | $24,172 | $35,099 | −0.4% | 3.4% | 45.1% | 97.6K | 73.4 | 68.1% |
| 2004 | $2.25B | $23,701 | $35,059 | 7.3% | 2.5% | 42.5% | 95.1K | 73.2 | 64.7% |
| 2003 | $2.04B | $21,949 | $32,507 | 1.1% | 3.7% | 40.8% | 93.1K | 73.2 | 62.7% |
| 2002 | $1.96B | $21,307 | $31,889 | −0.9% | 3.3% | 47.1% | 92.1K | 73.1 | 64.6% |
| 2001 | $1.9B | $20,740 | $31,920 | 4.2% | 2.9% | 44.3% | 91.4K | 73.0 | 71.0% |
| 2000 | $1.87B | $20,681 | $30,246 | 7.6% | 4.0% | 38.6% | 90.6K | 72.9 | 74.4% |
| 1999 | $1.72B | $19,216 | $27,766 | 1.2% | 2.3% | 39.3% | 89.7K | 72.9 | 79.9% |
| 1998 | $1.67B | $18,828 | $27,413 | 2.0% | 1.9% | 41.0% | 88.5K | 72.9 | 79.6% |
| 1997 | $1.53B | $17,750 | $27,241 | 7.0% | 3.0% | 51.1% | 86.3K | 72.9 | 82.5% |
| 1996 | $1.38B | $16,621 | $26,004 | 1.2% | 3.2% | 54.8% | 83K | 72.9 | 86.6% |
| 1995 | $1.32B | $16,549 | $26,255 | 2.5% | 3.4% | 55.1% | 79.8K | 72.8 | 84.9% |
| 1994 | $1.25B | $16,055 | $25,791 | 8.2% | 6.3% | 77.6K | 72.8 | ||
| 1993 | $1.08B | $14,701 | $24,576 | 7.3% | 5.2% | 73.7K | 72.8 | ||
| 1992 | $959M | $13,893 | $23,889 | 5.9% | 3.9% | 69K | 72.7 | ||
| 1991 | $872M | $13,234 | $23,100 | 8.0% | 5.6% | 65.9K | 72.6 | ||
| 1990 | $765M | $12,188 | $21,733 | 4.0% | 5.8% | 62.8K | 72.5 | ||
| 1989 | $696M | $11,507 | 12.1% | 4.0% | 60.4K | 72.5 | |||
| 1988 | $597M | $10,056 | 18.6% | 3.1% | 59.3K | 72.5 | |||
| 1987 | $488M | $8,244 | 16.1% | 3.6% | 59.2K | 72.4 | |||
| 1986 | $406M | $6,768 | 1.1% | 59.9K | 71.8 | ||||
| 1985 | 4.0% | 61.7K | 71.8 | ||||||
| 1984 | 62.9K | 71.7 | |||||||
| 1983 | 62.2K | 71.6 | |||||||
| 1982 | 61.3K | 71.5 | |||||||
| 1981 | 60.6K | 71.3 | |||||||
| 1980 | 59.9K | 70.8 | |||||||
| 1979 | 59.2K | 70.5 | |||||||
| 1978 | 58.8K | 70.3 | |||||||
| 1977 | 58.6K | 70.1 | |||||||
| 1976 | 58.4K | 69.8 | |||||||
| 1975 | 58.3K | 69.6 | |||||||
| 1974 | 58.3K | 69.3 | |||||||
| 1973 | 58.3K | 68.9 | |||||||
| 1972 | 58K | 68.3 | |||||||
| 1971 | 58.8K | 67.8 | |||||||
| 1970 | 59K | 67.4 | |||||||
| 1969 | 59.1K | 67.1 | |||||||
| 1968 | 59.1K | 66.7 | |||||||
| 1967 | 59K | 66.4 | |||||||
| 1966 | 58.7K | 66.1 | |||||||
| 1965 | 58.2K | 65.6 | |||||||
| 1964 | 57.6K | 65.3 | |||||||
| 1963 | 57K | 64.9 | |||||||
| 1962 | 56.3K | 64.6 | |||||||
| 1961 | 55.6K | 64.2 | |||||||
| 1960 | 54.9K | 64.0 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Inflation: IMF data for 2020–2025, World Bank for the other years.
Nearby economies in Latin America & Caribbean
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Martin (French part) · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Sint Maarten · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Venezuela
Rankings
GDP by country · GDP per capita · Real GDP growth · Inflation by country · Government debt to GDP · Stock market to GDP · Population by country · Unemployment by country
Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)