Foreign direct investment inflows in Aruba

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Aruba were 2.5% of GDP in 2024.

Aruba, 2024 2.5% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +6.1percentage points 2023: -3.7%
World, 2024 1.2% Official aggregate

Foreign direct investment inflows in Aruba over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period ArubaWorld
2025 – 1.4%
2024 2.5% 1.2%
2023 -3.7% 0.9%
2022 7.5% 1.9%
2021 4.6% 2.5%
2020 6.5% 1.3%
2019 -2.2% 2.2%
2018 4.4% 1.2%
2017 5.3% 2.7%
2016 0.9% 3.5%
2015 -0.9% 3.6%
2014 7.5% 2.4%
2013 10.0% 2.6%
2012 -12.0% 2.7%
2011 18.5% 3.2%
2010 7.6% 2.7%
2009 -0.4% 2.4%
2008 0.7% 3.7%
2007 -17.6% 5.3%
2006 8.9% 4.2%
2005 -8.8% 3.3%
2004 -4.7% 2.2%
2003 7.8% 1.9%
2002 16.9% 2.1%
2001 -14.1% 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +6.1 percentage points from -3.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7.5%, the figure has changed by −5.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 1.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1986 to 2024 for Aruba
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics