International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Aruba
Aruba: International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) was 18.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Aruba, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in % of total imports.
Analysis
In 2020, international tourism, expenditures in Aruba stood at 18.9%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Aruba peaked at 18.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 1995.
Aruba ranks 2nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) in Aruba, year by year
| Year | % of total imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 3.9% | — |
| 1996 | 5.0% | +27.8% |
| 1997 | 5.9% | +18.7% |
| 1998 | 6.8% | +13.9% |
| 1999 | 9.5% | +40.5% |
| 2000 | 10.8% | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 9.8% | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 10.8% | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 11.9% | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | -50.8% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | -14.8% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 4.6% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | -12.6% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | +110.2% |
| 2010 | 12.6% | +50.0% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | -66.3% |
| 2012 | 10.2% | +141.3% |
| 2013 | 15.1% | +47.6% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 16.7% | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 17.1% | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 17.4% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 18.9% | +5.8% |
Aruba compared with similar countries
- Aruba's 18.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 3.7%, 5.2× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Aruba's 18.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.4%, 5.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) 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 | +141.3% | 4.2% | 10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.2% | 3.9% | 9.5% | 5 |
| 2000s | 7.6% | 4.0% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 4.2% | 17.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.9% | 18.9% | 18.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Aruba
- 1 Qatar 19.5% compare
- 3 Marshall Islands 18.0% compare
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 17.7% compare
- 5 Guinea 17.0% compare
More private sector data for Aruba
- Merchandise trade 39.7% (2024)
- Food imports 30.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 1.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.14 billion current US$ (2023)
- Food exports 67.3% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 216.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 2.96 billion current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,986 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Aruba?
- International tourism, expenditures in Aruba was 18.9% in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 18.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 1995.
- How does Aruba rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Aruba ranks 2nd out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.