of domestic credit:
$1.333 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 140 $1.321 billion (31 December 2008)
Agriculture - products:
aloes; livestock; fish
Industries:
tourism, transshipment facilities
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
850 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 147
Electricity - consumption:
790.5 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 148
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
2,235 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 102
Oil - consumption:
8,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 155
Oil - exports:
231,100 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 50
Oil - imports:
236,400 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 39
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 100
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 206
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 208
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 202
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 202
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Exports:
$124 million (2006); note - includes oil reexports country comparison to the world: 188
Exports - commodities:
live animals and animal products, art and collectibles, machinery and electrical equipment, transport equipment
Exports - partners:
Panama 23.84%, Netherlands Antilles 20.49%, Colombia 17.48%,
Venezuela 12.61%, US 9.12%, Netherlands 7.5% (2009)
Imports:
$1.054 billion (2006) country comparison to the world: 169
Imports - commodities:
machinery and electrical equipment, crude oil for refining and reexport, chemicals; foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
US 49.51%, Netherlands 16.15%, UK 4.94% (2009)
Debt - external:
$478.6 million (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 164
Exchange rates:
Aruban guilders/florins (AWG) per US dollar - NA (2007), 1.79 (2006), 1.79 (2005), 1.79 (2004), 1.79 (2003)
Communications ::Aruba
Telephones - main lines in use:
38,300 (2009) country comparison to the world: 169
Telephones - mobile cellular:
128,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 180
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern fully automatic telecommunications system
domestic: increased competition through privatization; 3 mobile-cellular service providers are now licensed
international: country code - 297; landing site for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable system that extends from the US Virgin Islands through Aruba to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and the west coast of South America; extensive interisland microwave radio relay links (2007)
Broadcast media:
2 commercial television stations; cable TV subscription service provides access to foreign channels; about 20 commercial radio stations broadcast (2007)
Internet country code:
.aw
Internet hosts:
25,080 (2010) country comparison to the world: 101
Internet users:
24,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 187
Transportation ::Aruba
Airports:
1 (2010) country comparison to the world: 210
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Barcadera, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas
Military ::Aruba
Military branches:
no regular military forces (2010)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 24,779
females age 16–49: 26,090 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 20,398
females age 16–49: 21,371
