Two-way investment brief
Australia–Aruba
Aruba direct investment in Australia
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Total Aruba investment in Australia
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Australian direct investment in Aruba
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Total Australian investment in Aruba
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Trend
Direct investment in both directions
- Aruba in Australia
- Australia in Aruba
Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).
- Direct investment
- Portfolio investment
- Other investment
Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).
Net transactions during the year; negative = net disinvestment
- Aruba → Australia
- Australia → Aruba
Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).
Economic outlook
Aruba’s economy
| IMF World Economic Outlook | 2024 | 2025 | 2026forecast | 2027forecast | 2028forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth | 7.6% | 5.6% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Inflation | 1.7% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| Current account, % GDP | 9.6% | 7.7% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 5.4% |
| Fiscal balance, % GDP | 3.7% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Government gross debt, % GDP | 68.6% | 63.6% | 60.3% | 57.5% | 55.0% |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook via the IMF DataMapper API. Years from 2026 are IMF projections; recent years may be estimates and are revised in each WEO round (April and October).
2025 at a glance
- New FDI from Aruba
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- New Australian FDI in Aruba
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- Direct investment income paid to investors
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- Direct investment income earned by Australians
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Aruba globally (World Bank)
- FDI outflows, 2024
- $88 m · 91st
- FDI inflows, 2024
- $103 m
- GDP, 2024
- $4.2 bn
- Region · income
- Latin America & Caribbean · High income
Regulatory openness (OECD FDIRRI)
OECD index data loading — see FDI openness
Sources: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (cat. 5352.0), 2025 release, released 2026-05-06 — levels at 31 December and calendar-year flows and income, A$ millions, immediate counterparty basis (investment routed via third economies is attributed to the intermediate economy). World Bank WDI (US$). OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index. np = not published for confidentiality; included in totalsPrepared independently by FDIstats from public statistics; not an Australian Government publication and not investment advice. For foreign investment rules, see the Treasury and FIRB.