Aruba: Short-term government debt

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 Aruba

Short-term government debt, percent of total

 Latest value 2.26
 Year 2023
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2012 - 2023
 Average 2.10
 Min - Max 0.33 - 4.29
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2023 is 2.26 percent, a decline from 2.57 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 8.23 percent, based on data from 133 countries. Historically, the average for Aruba from 2012 to 2023 is 2.1 percent. The minimum value, 0.33 percent, was reached in 2014 while the maximum of 4.29 percent was recorded in 2012. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Aruba: Short-term government debt
 2023 2.26
 2022 2.57
 2021 2.94
 2020 3.42
 2019 1.37
 2018 1.40
 2017 1.68
 2016 1.08




Definition: General government debt with maturity of twelve months or less as percent of total government debt. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.

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