Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Aruba
Aruba: Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit was 0.1188 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2023. ▲ Rising
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Aruba, 1995–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Aruba is 0.1188 current US$ per US$ of GDP, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Aruba peaked at 0.1254 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1995.
Aruba ranks 6th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Aruba, year by year
| Year | current US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 0.0928 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +55.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1051 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +13.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0841 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -20.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0876 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 0.087 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0823 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0877 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 0.1042 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +18.9% |
| 2004 | 0.11 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1059 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0976 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1008 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0957 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1034 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1064 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.1088 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1124 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.1254 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1254 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1205 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1069 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1129 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 0.1203 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1192 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1156 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1173 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.1181 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.1188 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Aruba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +55.1% | 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0928 current US$ per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1051 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0975 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0823 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.11 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1158 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1064 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1254 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1175 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1156 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.1188 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 4 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
- 3 Curacao 0.1692 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 4 Lesotho 0.1294 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 5 San Marino 0.1218 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 7 Bahrain 0.1156 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 8 Albania 0.1119 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 9 Vanuatu 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
More reference data data for Aruba
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 1.79 (2026)
- Consumer price index 109.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Wealth share of the richest 1% 27.6% (2024)
- Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans 146,128 constant 2024 US$ (1999)
- Foreign aid received -13.41 million constant 2024 US$ (1999)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Aruba?
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit in Aruba was 0.1188 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1254 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2014.
- What is the lowest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1995.
- How does Aruba rank for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit?
- Aruba ranks 6th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.