Aruba: Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Aruba's industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP) rose 1.11 percentage points on 2022 (from 9.73% to 10.84%).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2022), the average change was −0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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 2.15 percentage points in 1997 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.14 percentage points in 2009. 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 25% 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

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Aruba in the 2023 ranking

• Liechtenstein — 1st of 5: 39.11%
• New Zealand — 2nd of 5: 19.44%
• Greenland — 3rd of 5: 18.45%
• Isle of Man — 5th of 5: 7.46%

What this measures

Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Limitations: Ideally, industrial output should be measured through regular censuses and surveys of firms. But in most developing countries such surveys are infrequent, so earlier survey results must be extrapolated using an appropriate indicator. The choice of sampling unit, which may be the enterprise (where responses may be based on financial records) or the establishment (where production units may be recorded separately), also affects the quality of the data. Moreover, much industrial production is organized in unincorporated or owner-operated ventures that are not captured by surveys aimed at the formal sector.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 29 values

Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 18.17% (2025)
• Argentina — 22.87% (2025)
• Bahamas, The — 9.63% (2024)
• Barbados — 12.21% (2024)
• Belize — 14.57% (2024)
• Bolivia — 31.26% (2024)
• Brazil — 20.15% (2025)
• Cayman Islands — 7.64% (2024)
• Chile — 31.42% (2025)

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Aruba's industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)?

10.84% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 4.56 percentage points from 15.4% in 1995. The highest value was 17.66% in 2006 and the lowest 9.73% in 2022.

Is the latest change in industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP) unusual for Aruba?

In 2023, Aruba's industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP) rose 1.11 percentage points on 2022 (from 9.73% to 10.84%). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2022), the average change was −0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, 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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