Aruba
Latin America & Caribbean·High income
- Population
- 107K
- 191st of 217
- GDP
- $3.65B
- 177th of 214 · 2023
- GDP per capita
- $33,985
- 47th of 214 · 2023
- Life expectancy
- 76.4
- 92nd of 217
Benchmarked against
Aruba
Turks and Caicos Islands
Guyana
Puerto Rico (US)
Bahamas, The
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small, tourism-dependent, territorial-island economy; very high public debt; COVID-19 crippled economic activity; partial recovery underway via tourism, benefitting from its high amount of timeshare residences; considering reopening oil refinery
- Area
- 180 km²
- Languages
- Papiamento (official) (a creole language that mixes Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English…
- Resources
- NEGL; white sandy beaches foster tourism
Religion
world view →- Christian81.4%▼ 0.8pt
- Other11.2%
- Unaffiliated5.9%
- Buddhist0.5%
- Religious diversity
- 3.75 / 10 · moderate · 83rd of 193
Change markers show percentage-point shifts from 2010 to 2020 · Pew Research Center, Religious Composition 2010–2020.
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