Aruba — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Aruba, 1986–2024.
GDP per capita for Aruba was 38,591 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 39 years, from 1986 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 6,768 in 1986 (about 5.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.69% per year.
Aruba ranks 44 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 21%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so Aruba sits above it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 48%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 6 of 40 economies; Turks and Caicos Islands (37,507) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 26% in 2020. That is 31% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1986 level: doubled by 1992. Doubling roughly every 15 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 39th of 168 in 1986 → 35th of 192 in 1990 → 33rd of 204 in 2000 → 48th of 212 in 2010 → 54th of 210 in 2020 → 37th of 200 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1986 to 2024
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38,590.57 | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 34,897.62 | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 31,000.57 | +15.6% |
| 2021 | 26,827.34 | +18.4% |
| 2020 | 22,664.37 | -26.1% |
| 2019 | 30,654.49 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 30,082.16 | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 28,440.04 | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 27,441.55 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 27,458.22 | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 26,129.84 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 25,813.57 | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 25,119.67 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 25,712.38 | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 24,093.14 | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 25,134.77 | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 28,171.91 | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 26,736.31 | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 24,845.66 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 24,171.84 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 23,700.63 | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 21,949.49 | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 21,307.25 | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 20,740.13 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 20,681.02 | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 19,216.2 | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 18,828.09 | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 17,750.01 | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 16,620.95 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 16,548.72 | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 16,055.29 | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 14,700.96 | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 13,892.61 | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 13,233.99 | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 12,187.54 | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 11,507.22 | +14.4% |
| 1988 | 10,056.26 | +22.0% |
| 1987 | 8,244.05 | +21.8% |
| 1986 | 6,767.56 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Aruba’s GDP per capita in 1987?
8,244.05 (1987). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Aruba’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Aruba’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1986 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +470.2% in total — about 4.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 38,590.57; 2023: 34,897.62; 2022: 31,000.57; 2021: 26,827.34; 2020: 22,664.37. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.