Aruba's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$19.77 million in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 29.47% from US$28.03 million in 2013 (3.43% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$19.77 million | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$11.26 million | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$28.03 million | 2013 |
| Highest | US$28.03 million | 2013 |
| Lowest | US$2.35 million | 1995 |
| Average since 2014 | US$15.41 million | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$2.35 million |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Aruba's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 44.3% on 2022 (from US$13.7 million to US$19.77 million).
Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2022), the average change was +14.1% and a typical year strayed about 45.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 147.9% in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 45.4% in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 30% 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 2023, Aruba had the 6th highest value of the 12 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Aruba | US$19.77 million | 2023 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$19.95 billion | 2024 |
| High income | US$1.08 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Aruba in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 29 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 19,772,189 |
| 2022 | 13,704,228 |
| 2021 | 10,162,497 |
| 2020 | 7,219,782 |
| 2019 | 6,662,705 |
| 2018 | 11,257,481 |
| 2017 | 13,124,845 |
| 2016 | 22,090,408 |
| 2015 | 25,115,353 |
| 2014 | 25,039,812 |
| 2013 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — US$6.62 million (2025)
- Argentina — US$2.92 billion (2025)
- Barbados — US$3.44 million (2017)
- Belize — US$123.3 million (2025)
- Bolivia — US$41.65 million (2025)
- Brazil — US$7.44 billion (2025)
- Chile — US$764.07 million (2025)
- Colombia — US$2.29 billion (2025)
- Costa Rica — US$2.67 billion (2025)
- Curaçao — US$54.89 million (2023)
- Dominica
More infrastructure data for Aruba
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 140,815 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 130.65 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 34,549 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 32.05 (2022)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 0.66% (2023)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 97.17% (2017)
- Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) — 6.59 (2021)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions — 18,847 (2022)
- Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) — 17.49 (2022)
- Secure Internet servers
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Aruba's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$19.77 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 742.67% from US$2.35 million in 1995 (7.91% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$28.03 million in 2013 and the lowest US$2.35 million in 1995.
- How does Aruba rank?
- 6th highest of 12 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for Aruba?
- In 2023, Aruba's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 44.3% on 2022 (from US$13.7 million to US$19.77 million). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2022), the average change was +14.1% and a typical year strayed about 45.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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