Aruba's individuals using the Internet (% of population) was 97.17% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 66.27 percentage points from 30.9% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 97.17% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 74% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 30.9% | 2007 |
| Highest | 97.17% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 0% | 1990 |
| Average since 2008 | 75.71% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 0% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Aruba's individuals using the Internet (% of population) rose 3.63 percentage points on 2016 (from 93.54% to 97.17%).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2016), the average change was +5.24 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.71 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 21.1 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 5.08 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 100% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 120.48% for 2020. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2015 to 2017 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 7.28%, against 9.34% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2017, Aruba had the 3rd highest value of the 11 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 | 97.17% | 2017 |
| World | 73.6% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 83.7% | 2025 |
| High income | 94.2% | 2025 |
Closest to Aruba in the 2017 ranking
- Bermuda — 1st of 11: 98.37%
- Faroe Islands — 2nd of 11: 97.58%
- New Caledonia — 4th of 11: 82.01%
- Cayman Islands — 5th of 11: 81.07%
- Guam — 6th of 11: 80.51%
What this measures
Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.
Limitations: Operators have traditionally been the main source of telecommunications data, so information on subscriptions has been widely available for most countries. This gives a general idea of access, but a more precise measure is the penetration rate - the share of households with access to telecommunications. During the past few years more information on information and communication technology use has become available from household and business surveys. Also important are data on actual use of telecommunications services. Ideally, statistics on telecommunications (and other information and communications technologies) should be compiled for all three measures: subscriptions, access, and use.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 21 values
| Year | Individuals using the Internet (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 97.17 |
| 2016 | 93.54 |
| 2015 | 88.66 |
| 2014 | 83.78 |
| 2013 | 78.9 |
| 2012 | 74 |
| 2011 | 69 |
| 2010 | 62 |
| 2009 | 58 |
| 2008 | 52 |
| 2007 |
Individuals using the Internet (% of population) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 72.73% (2024)
- Argentina — 89.67% (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 92.47% (2024)
- Barbados — 70.36% (2024)
- Belize — 80.01% (2024)
- Bolivia — 79.7% (2024)
- Brazil — 84.46% (2024)
- Cayman Islands — 81.07% (2017)
- Chile — 95.59% (2024)
- Colombia
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 (BoP, current US$) — US$19.77 million (2023)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 0.66% (2023)
- 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 individuals using the Internet (% of population)?
- 97.17% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 97.17 percentage points from 0% in 1990. The highest value was 97.17% in 2017 and the lowest 0% in 1990.
- How does Aruba rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), uri: https://datahub.itu.int/ 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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