Aruba vs Barbados: Insurance and financial services

Aruba
6.4%
in 2023
Barbados
6.4%
in 2017
Aruba rank
95th
Barbados rank
93rd

Insurance and financial services over time

  • Aruba
  • Barbados
0102030196719952023

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 6.4% against 6.4% in Aruba, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Barbados ahead.

Aruba ranks 95th and Barbados ranks 93rd of 197 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Aruba averaged higher in 1 and Barbados in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Aruba Barbados Difference Ahead
1980s 1.4% 5.2% 3.8% Barbados
1990s 12.0% 8.1% 3.8% Aruba
2000s 1.8% 6.4% 4.6% Barbados
2010s 2.9% 6.0% 3.1% Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher insurance and financial services, Aruba or Barbados?
Barbados, at 6.4% against 6.4% in Aruba as of 2017.
What is the difference in insurance and financial services between Aruba and Barbados?
0.0%, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Barbados?
32 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2017.
How do Aruba and Barbados rank globally for insurance and financial services?
Aruba ranks 95th and Barbados ranks 93rd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports)
Unit
% of commercial service imports
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 9,395 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.