Aruba
Government debt in Aruba
Government debt in Aruba: 55.1% of GDP in 1995 and 72.5% of GDP in 2024, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 72.5% of GDP
- Since 1995
- +17.4 percentage points
- Projected, 2031
- 46.7% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 46.7% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 116.8% of GDP in 2020, the lowest 38.6% of GDP in 2000.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Aruba |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 72.5 |
| 2023 | 83 |
| 2022 | 96 |
| 2021 | 109.4 |
| 2020 | 116.8 |
| 2019 | 72.1 |
| 2018 | 73.3 |
| 2017 | 75.8 |
| 2016 | 75.4 |
| 2015 | 74.2 |
| 2014 | 77.7 |
| 2013 | 70 |
| 2012 | 65.5 |
| 2011 | 59.4 |
| 2010 | 54.7 |
| 2009 | 48.8 |
| 2008 | 40.3 |
| 2007 | 44.6 |
| 2006 | 45.5 |
| 2005 | 45.1 |
| 2004 | 42.5 |
| 2003 | 40.9 |
| 2002 | 47.1 |
| 2001 | 44.3 |
| 2000 | 38.6 |
| 1999 | 39.3 |
| 1998 | 41 |
| 1997 | 51.1 |
| 1996 | 54.8 |
| 1995 | 55.1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2025–2031
| Year | Aruba |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.8 |
| 2026 | 59.6 |
| 2027 | 56.1 |
| 2028 | 53.3 |
| 2029 | 50.9 |
| 2030 | 48.7 |
| 2031 | 46.7 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
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