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One-third of electricity renewable on Caribbean islands
In 2018, the Caribbean Netherlands produced 136 million kWh of electricity. Of this amount, 45.1 million kWh came from renewable sources, equivalent to 33 percent of total electricity production.
Prices on Bonaire 1.2 percent up
In Q3 2019, consumer prices on Bonaire were 1.2 percent higher than one year previously. Prices also rose on St Eustatius and Saba, by 0.7 percent and 0.3 percent year-on-year respectively.
Cruiseship passengers Bonaire, 2012-2018
Information on the number of cruiseship passengers arriving in the Port of Bonaire.
More purchasing power for low-income groups on Statia
Purchasing power in the Caribbean Netherlands rose once again in 2017. The median increase was highest for the inhabitants of St Eustatius at 2.6 percent.
Households Caribbean Netherlands, 1 January 2019
Once a year Statistics Netherlands publishes table information on the household composition in Caribbean Netherlands.
Caribbean Dutch population larger and older by 2030
According to the latest forecast by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the population of the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands is expected to grow further from 25 thousand currently to 30...
Population projections Caribbean Netherlands, 2019-2050
Projected numbers on the population of the Caribbean Netherlands, 2019-2050. Population numbers and flows, by island.
Consumer prices on Bonaire 1.1 percent up
In Q2 2019, consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 1.1 percent more expensive than one year previously.
Mostly working parents in the Caribbean Netherlands
In 2018, most children living at home in the Caribbean Netherlands had working parents.
Neighbourhood choice Statia and Saba differs per origin
People born in the former Netherlands Antilles and Aruba and migrants partly choose other residential areas in St Eustatius and Saba.
Caribbean Netherlands workforce: 57% are Antillean
In 2018, 57 percent of the workforce in the Caribbean Netherlands (aged 15 to 74 years) were born in the former Dutch Antilles and Aruba.
More Caribbean Dutch in employment in 2018
In 2018, the labour participation rate on the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands was higher than two years previously.
Consumer price increase on Bonaire slows down
In Q1 2019, consumer prices on Bonaire were 0.7 percent higher than one year previously. Prices also rose on St Eustatius and Saba, by 0.7 percent and 0.6 percent year-on-year respectively.
E-commerce Caribbean Netherlands 2018-2019
The results of the e-commerce survey in the Caribbean Netherlands 2018-2019 are presented in this paper.
Caribbean Netherlands; Religious denomination, personal characteristics
religious denomination and church visits sex, age, educational level
Saba & St Eustatius, population by neighbourhood, 2017
Figures on the population and households of Saba and St Eustatius, 2017
10% more flights to and from the Caribbean Netherlands
10 percent more aircraft movements to and from the Caribbean Netherlands in 2018, 11 percent more passengers
Trade deficit on St Eustatius down in 2018
In 2018, the trade deficits of Bonaire and Saba rose while the deficit of St Eustatius declined.
Three-quarters of Caribbean Dutch feel healthy
A health survey among residents of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba aged 15 and over shows that three-quarters felt healthy or very healthy in 2017/2018.
End of post-Irma consumer price increase
In Q4 2018, consumer prices on Saba were back at the level of one year previously. This brought an end to the price increases recorded after Hurricane Irma in Q4 2017.
Job wages on Bonaire averaged 2,050 USD in 2017
In 2017, average job wages on Bonaire amounted to 2,050 USD gross per month. On Saba and St Eustatius, this was 2,285 and 3,150 USD respectively.
Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2018
New edition of Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2018 presents the latest social and economic key figures on developments in the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba)
Caribbean Netherlands: income inequality lowest on Saba
Of the three Caribbean islands, Saba had the lowest income inequality in 2016.
Price rise on Bonaire and Saba higher than on Statia
In Q3 2018, consumer prices on Bonaire were 3.5 percent higher than one year previously. Prices also rose on St Eustatius and Saba, by 1.1 and by 4.4 percent year-on-year respectively.
Less neighbourhood nuisance on Statia in 2013-2018
In 2018, 46 percent of the inhabitants of St Eustatius experienced nuisance in their own neighbourhood, versus as much as 86 percent in 2013.