Centrale Bank van Aruba

Current as of:

Statistics - Real Economy
(in millions of Afl.)

Real economy	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
(in millions of Afl.)
Nominal GDP 1]	3,421	3,599	3,819	4,041	4,288
(changes in percent)
Real GDP 1]	-2.6	1.5	3.5	2.4	2.5
Nominal GDP 1]	0.7	5.2	6.1	5.8	6.1
Tourist nights	-5.5	4.8	10.6	1.0	-3.9
Number of stay-over visitors	-7.1	-0.1	13.4	0.6	-5.2
Cruise tourism	19.5	-6.8	6.3	-4.1	7.0
Observed unemployment rate
(percent of labor force) 2]
Registered unemployment rate	8.1	7.8	7.3	6.9
(percent of labor force) 3]

1] Figures for 2003 and 2005 are preleminary estimates by CBA. Figure for 2004 is a preliminary estimate by IMF.

The preliminary GDP figure for 2006 is based on the Fitch Ratings estimate of June 2006.

2] Census 1991, Labor Survey 1994, Labor Survey 1997 (preliminary data), and Census 2000.

3] Estimates of the CBA. End of period figures.

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