Photo: Serge Melki · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale
Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Aruba: Mobility & Trade
Which countries move goods across their borders most smoothly?
Aruba is placed 134th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 17.98 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 4.2 (2024).
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134th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Aruba on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
17.98
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 147th of 177 by UNCTAD
Aruba: 17.98. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Caribbean
- 128.69 Dominican Republic
4.2
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Aruba: 4.2. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Caribbean
- 1.2 Montserrat
No reading
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no 2023 figure for Aruba, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Caribbean
- 2.9 Antigua and Barbuda
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Aruba, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Caribbean
- 21.32 Cayman Islands
02Over time
Which way Aruba is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
ArubaWorld median
Aruba fell from 23.23 in 2006 to 15.98 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Aruba World median 2026 15.98 56.21 2025 17.98 60.84 2024 21.27 55.22 2023 18.11 54.78 2022 19.47 51.49 2021 22.41 52.64 2020 31.50 47.86 2019 26.10 51.05 2018 32.62 52.03 2017 30.65 49.87 2016 24.76 48.09 2015 28.33 49.13 2014 30.30 48.08 2013 30.86 51.32 2012 30.33 47.44 2011 29.53 50.26 2010 34.47 50.51 2009 28.00 53.04 2008 24.71 51.68 2007 26.98 55.78 2006 23.23 52.25 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
ArubaWorld median
Aruba rose from 0.51 in 2009 to 0.7 in 2023; the world median went from 0.78 to 0.69.
Every year’s figures
Year Aruba World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 0.70 0.690000 2022 0.65 0.565000 2021 0.65 0.550000 2020 1.00 0.680000 2019 1.38 0.625000 2018 1.33 0.480000 2017 1.19 0.630000 2016 0.99 0.865000 2015 0.54 0.790000 2014 0.93 0.760000 2013 0.41 0.645000 2012 0.71 0.630000 2011 0.42 0.535000 2010 0.40 0.560000 2009 0.51 0.780000 2008 — 0.595000 2007 — 0.660000 2006 — 0.445000 2005 — 0.570000 2004 — 0.535000 2003 — 0.530000 2002 — 0.510000 2001 — 0.490000 2000 — 0.430000
03In context
Aruba beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Aruba and Caribbean
Aruba has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sint Maarten | 54th | 33.68 | 2.3 | — | — |
 Dominica | 58th | 24.47 | 1.5 | — | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 65th | 26.15 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 5.24 |
 Grenada | 72nd | 23.14 | 2 | 2.5 | 5.36 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 82nd | 11.79 | 1.8 | — | — |
 Dominican Republic | 87th | 128.69 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 0.87 |
 British Virgin Islands | 90th | 11.79 | 2.2 | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | 95th | 7.329 | 5.1 | — | 21.32 |
 Bahamas | 97th | 86.44 | 6.1 | 2.7 | — |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 103rd | 20.16 | 3.3 | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | 106th | 49.61 | 5.3 | — | — |
 Jamaica | 110th | 117.51 | 6.4 | 2.5 | — |
 Saint Lucia | =126th | 27.28 | 4.9 | — | — |
 Barbados | =128th | 35.43 | 6.1 | — | 0.57 |
| Aruba | 134th | 17.98 | 4.2 | — | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 141st | 61.46 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 0.08 |
 United States Virgin Islands | 142nd | 21.6 | 5.1 | — | — |
 Curaçao | 166th | 25.61 | 10.1 | — | — |
 Cuba | 171st | 27.84 | 15.2 | 2.2 | — |
 Haiti | 175th | 23.67 | 21.6 | 2.1 | — |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | 1.9 | — | — |
 Montserrat | not placed | — | 1.2 | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | not placed | 4.13 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
- Sint Maarten54th
- Dominica58th
- Antigua and Barbuda65th
- Grenada72nd
- Saint Kitts and Nevis82nd
- Dominican Republic87th
- British Virgin Islands90th
- Cayman Islands95th
- Bahamas97th
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103rd
- Puerto Rico106th
- Jamaica110th
- Saint Lucia=126th
- Barbados=128th
- Aruba134th
- Trinidad and Tobago141st
- United States Virgin Islands142nd
- Curaçao166th
- Cuba171st
- Haiti175th
- Anguillanot placed
- Montserratnot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Aruba in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Aruba is ahead of the world, and behind
14 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Aruba does better than the middle country measured.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4947.1515.494▼ Worsened since 2014
Aruba: 7.151 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 32nd of 75 · derived.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Aruba does worse than the middle country measured.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.424.04825.42No real change since 2014
Aruba: 4.048 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 158th of 170 · derived.
No better end12
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08968.016.089Moved since 2015
Aruba: 68.01 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60280.289.602Moved since 2015
Aruba: 80.28 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23116.39103.23Moved since 2015
Aruba: 116.39 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.1331.362-0.133Moved since 2013
Aruba: 1.362 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.2330.306Moved since 2015
Aruba: 0.233 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32373,494223,323Moved since 2015
Aruba: 73,494 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,45129,305444,451Moved since 2015
Aruba: 29,305 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7311.96275.73Moved since 2016
Aruba: 11.96 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1710.2276.171Moved since 2014
Aruba: 0.227 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83601,836Moved since 2016
Aruba: 0 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,78864,8001,827,788Moved since 2014
Aruba: 64,800 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 98th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269012,269No real change since 2016
Aruba: 0 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
No current reading for Aruba
Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Commodity Export Dependence, Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Goods Exports (last 2023), Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, Freedom of Foreign Movement, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), Logistics Performance Index, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2016), Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products (last 2021) and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2024). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Aruba’s 3 topics
Mobility & Trade is Aruba’s 3rd best-placed topic of 3. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledgejoint 41st of 1982/4 keys
- Energy113th of 1652/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade134th of 1772/4 keys
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Health & Wellbeing, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Digital & Technology: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Aruba can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States7th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Sint Maarten54th2/4 keysThis page
Aruba134th2/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Aruba and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and visa-free travel are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, the cost of sending money home, migrant numbers, refugees and student mobility are published as context: they describe how much crosses a border, not how well a country handles it. Services sold over the internet are measured under Digital & Technology.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 14 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Aruba’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Aruba (banner) — Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Aruba: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/aruba/mobility