Aruba's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) was 3.21% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 16.37 percentage points from -13.16% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.21% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 4.52% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | -13.16% | 2011 |
| Highest | 20.4% | 1995 |
| Lowest | -14.92% | 2005 |
| Average since 2012 | 0.44% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 20.4% | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Aruba's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) rose 9.74 percentage points on 2020 (from -6.53% to 3.21%).
Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was −1.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17.67 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.86 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 8% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Aruba had the 100th highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Aruba in the 2021 ranking
- Romania — 96th of 132: 3.57%
- New Zealand — 97th of 132: 3.56%
- South Africa — 98th of 132: 3.51%
- Cameroon — 100th of 132: 3.04%
- Colombia — 101st of 132: 2.85%
- Madagascar — 102nd of 132: 2.72%
What this measures
Net national savings are equal to gross national savings less the value of consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 27 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.21 |
| 2020 | -6.53 |
| 2019 | 4.53 |
| 2018 | 0.176 |
| 2017 | 3.25 |
| 2016 | 4.52 |
| 2015 | 4.03 |
| 2014 | 0.0471 |
| 2013 | -3.98 |
| 2012 | -4.83 |
| 2011 |
Adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2.99% (2020)
- Argentina — 10.34% (2021)
- Bahamas, The — 2.17% (2021)
- Barbados — -5.82% (2017)
- Belize — 7.47% (2021)
- Bolivia — 1.73% (2021)
- Brazil — -1.02% (2021)
- Chile — 1.72% (2021)
- Colombia — 2.85% (2021)
- Costa Rica
More economic policy & debt data for Aruba
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 5.75% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$57.5 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$64,588 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) — US$18.18 million (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$71.08 million (2025)
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$2.23 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$1.79 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Aruba's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI)?
- 3.21% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 17.19 percentage points from 20.4% in 1995. The highest value was 20.4% in 1995 and the lowest -14.92% in 2005.
- How does Aruba rank?
- 100th highest of 132 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) unusual for Aruba?
- In 2021, Aruba's adjusted savings, net national savings (% of GNI) rose 9.74 percentage points on 2020 (from -6.53% to 3.21%). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2020), the average change was −1.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.NNAT.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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