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Aruba
Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is an island constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-west of Curaçao.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Vigilance
4.4 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Economy 8.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 1 (list of 2026.10.02).
- Capital
- Oranjestad
- Population
- 107,566 inh.
- Area
- 180 km²
- Currency
- AWG
- Regime
- monarchy
Executive in office
Head of State
Willem-Alexander des Pays-Bas
Head of Government
Evelyn Wever-Croes
Parliament
Staten van Aruba
21 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
4 G$
GDP / capita
38,591 $
Growth
6.8 %
Inflation
4.3 %
Life expectancy
76.5 yrs
Society · human UNDP HDI · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
National anthem
Aruba Dushi Tera
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 2,678 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 2,727, or ×1.0.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · UNHCR 2025 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)