Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%) in Aruba
Aruba: Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%) was 15.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP in Aruba, 2006–2020
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Measured in %.
Analysis
Aruba recorded 15.3% for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 32.6% on the previous year and up 135.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Aruba peaked at 16.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2006.
That places Aruba 37th out of 116 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%) in Aruba, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2.1% | — |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +74.7% |
| 2008 | 5.6% | +50.7% |
| 2009 | 6.2% | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 6.5% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 6.1% | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 16.1% | +164.8% |
| 2013 | 12.9% | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 12.6% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 11.8% | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 11.8% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 11.5% | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | +32.6% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 15.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.7%, 1.8× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Aruba's 15.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.2%, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +164.8% | 6.1% | 16.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4% | 2.1% | 6.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 11.4% | 6.1% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 15.3% | 15.3% | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Aruba
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 4.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.302 SDR per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita 12,046 SDR per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), annual growth rate 4.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita 12,046 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), annual growth rate 11.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR), per capita 14,978 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), annual growth rate 12.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 15,264 SDR per person (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports, annual growth rate -16.54 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Aruba?
- Outstanding international public debt securities to gdp in Aruba was 15.3% in 2020, according to Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
- What is the highest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 16.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest outstanding international public debt securities to gdp recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2006.
- How does Aruba rank for outstanding international public debt securities to gdp?
- Aruba ranks 37th out of 116 countries with data for 2020.
- Is outstanding international public debt securities to gdp rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from Bank for International Settlements (BIS), published as part of Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Amount of public international debt securities (amounts outstanding), as a share of GDP. It covers long-term bonds and notes and money market instruments placed on international markets. Table 12D (international debt amount): governments / GDP. End of year data (i.e. December data) are considered for debt securities. The figures are deflated using the following methodology: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is the level international public debt, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. GDP is from World Development Indicators. End-of period CPI is taken from IFS line 64M..ZF month of December (or if not available Q4). Average annual CPI is constructed from the monthly CPI figure taken from IFS line 64..ZF.