Aruba's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) was US$31.59 million in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 42.43% from US$54.87 million in 2013 (5.37% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$31.59 million | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$32.68 million | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$54.87 million | 2013 |
| Highest | US$55.23 million | 2014 |
| Lowest | −US$173,184 | 1999 |
| Average since 2014 | US$39.97 million | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$1.73 million |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Aruba's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) fell US$1.14 million on 2022 (from US$32.73 million to US$31.59 million).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2022), the average change was +US$1.07 million and a typical year strayed about US$10.73 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 US$51.91 million in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was US$22.22 million in 2018. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$3.15 million a year. A straight line explains 69% 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.
How it compares
In 2023, Aruba had the 8th highest value of the 10 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$31.59 million | 2023 |
| World | US$567.33 billion | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$164.67 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Aruba in the 2023 ranking
- Comoros — 5th of 10: US$301.04 million
- Curaçao — 6th of 10: US$102.42 million
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 7th of 10: US$44.41 million
- Palau — 9th of 10: US$1.06 million
- Tuvalu — 10th of 10: US$218,992
What this measures
Personal transfers are current transfers, in cash or in kind, received by resident households from non-resident households. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 32 values
| Year | Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 31,590,050 |
| 2022 | 32,729,878 |
| 2021 | 31,594,178 |
| 2020 | 29,571,178 |
| 2019 | 29,084,657 |
| 2018 | 32,682,346 |
| 2017 | 54,898,002 |
| 2016 | 50,980,956 |
| 2015 | 51,296,140 |
| 2014 | 55,232,372 |
| 2013 |
Personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — US$20.5 million (2025)
- Argentina — US$824.36 million (2025)
- Barbados — US$38.32 million (2017)
- Belize — US$121.47 million (2025)
- Bolivia — US$1.23 billion (2025)
- Brazil — US$4.23 billion (2025)
- Colombia — US$13.1 billion (2025)
- Costa Rica — US$769.84 million (2025)
- Curaçao — US$102.42 million (2023)
- Dominica
More economic policy & debt data for Aruba
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 5.75% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — 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$1.79 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Aruba's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP)?
- US$31.59 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is up 1,724% from US$1.73 million in 1991 (9.5% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$55.23 million in 2014 and the lowest −US$173,184 in 1999.
- How does Aruba rank?
- 8th highest of 10 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) unusual for Aruba?
- In 2023, Aruba's personal transfers, receipts (current US$, BoP) fell US$1.14 million on 2022 (from US$32.73 million to US$31.59 million). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2022), the average change was +US$1.07 million and a typical year strayed about US$10.73 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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.TRF.PWKR.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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