Aruba: Trade balance, percent of GDP

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 Aruba

Trade balance as percent of GDP

 Latest value 5.79
 Year 2022
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1995 - 2022
 Average -4.92
 Min - Max -15.03 - 5.79
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2022 is 5.79 percent, an increase from -1.76 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is -5.90 percent, based on data from 161 countries. Historically, the average for Aruba from 1995 to 2022 is -4.92 percent. The minimum value, -15.03 percent, was reached in 2010 while the maximum of 5.79 percent was recorded in 2022. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Aruba - Trade balance, percent of GDP - historical chart - 1995-2022




The trade balance for Aruba and other countries is calculated as the difference between the exports and imports of goods and services, as percent of GDP. A positive number means trade surplus and a negative number means trade deficit.
Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

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 Terms of trade 94.86 2021 percent
 Trade openness 160.46 2022 percent
 Financial openness -1.242 2021 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 83.12 2022 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 2.95 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Imports, percent of GDP 77.33 2022 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 2.74 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 7.00 2022 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 0.25 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 0.05 2022 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 5.20 2023 percent
 Current account, in dollars 0.23 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 5.79 2022 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars 0.42 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 1.54 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 1.08 2022 percent
 Remittances 34.45 2023 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -39.96 2022 million USD
 Foreign exchange reserves 3.46 9/2024 billion
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