Caribbean Netherlands; Spoken languages and main language, characteristics
| Personal characteristics | Accuracy | Caribbean Netherlands | Periods | Speaks one language (%) | Speaks more than one language (%) | Spoken languages Papiamentu (%) | Spoken languages English (%) | Spoken languages Dutch (%) | Spoken languages Spanish (%) | Spoken languages Other (%) | Main language Papiamentu (%) | Main language English (%) | Main language Dutch (%) | Main language Spanish (%) | Main language Other (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age: 15 to 44 years | Percentage/average | Caribbean Netherlands | 2017/2018 | 22.6 | 77.3 | 58.3 | 82.2 | 58.8 | 57.1 | 14.1 | 36.6 | 36.9 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 4.1 |
| Age: 15 to 44 years | Percentage/average | Bonaire | 2017/2018 | 13.5 | 86.6 | 89.7 | 73.5 | 73.6 | 71.7 | 11.8 | 61.1 | 6.5 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 3.8 |
| Age: 15 to 44 years | Percentage/average | St. Eustatius | 2017/2018 | 42.9 | 57.1 | 17.1 | 93.7 | 40.0 | 36.3 | 7.5 | . | 82.0 | . | 11.5 | 3.4 |
| Age: 15 to 44 years | Percentage/average | Saba | 2017/2018 | 26.9 | 73.1 | 7.8 | 96.6 | 34.0 | 35.6 | 30.3 | . | 79.0 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 5.7 |
| Age: 45 years or older | Percentage/average | Caribbean Netherlands | 2017/2018 | 26.6 | 73.4 | 61.1 | 76.4 | 54.8 | 55.0 | 17.7 | 37.8 | 33.7 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 1.9 |
| Age: 45 years or older | Percentage/average | Bonaire | 2017/2018 | 14.5 | 85.6 | 84.7 | 66.3 | 67.7 | 69.4 | 20.3 | 59.5 | 6.6 | 18.0 | 14.5 | 1.4 |
| Age: 45 years or older | Percentage/average | St. Eustatius | 2017/2018 | 51.6 | 48.4 | 24.2 | 91.8 | 32.4 | 31.5 | 9.7 | . | 78.8 | 4.9 | 14.5 | . |
| Age: 45 years or older | Percentage/average | Saba | 2017/2018 | 39.5 | 60.5 | 14.6 | 97.4 | 33.9 | 28.6 | 19.6 | . | 81.6 | . | 9.8 | 6.0 |
| Age: 15 to 24 years | Percentage/average | Caribbean Netherlands | 2017/2018 | 20.5 | 79.5 | 59.6 | 85.9 | 65.8 | 59.8 | 9.7 | 45.1 | 39.1 | 5.2 | 7.4 | 3.2 |
| Age: 15 to 24 years | Percentage/average | Bonaire | 2017/2018 | 12.1 | 87.9 | 96.8 | 77.3 | 84.0 | 73.0 | 9.5 | 76.1 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 8.3 | . |
| Age: 15 to 24 years | Percentage/average | St. Eustatius | 2017/2018 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Age: 15 to 24 years | Percentage/average | Saba | 2017/2018 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Age: 25 to 44 years | Percentage/average | Caribbean Netherlands | 2017/2018 | 23.5 | 76.4 | 57.8 | 80.8 | 55.9 | 56.0 | 15.9 | 33.2 | 36.0 | 11.4 | 15.1 | 4.4 |
| Age: 25 to 44 years | Percentage/average | Bonaire | 2017/2018 | 14.0 | 86.0 | 86.9 | 71.9 | 69.5 | 71.1 | 12.7 | 55.2 | 6.5 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 4.4 |
| Age: 25 to 44 years | Percentage/average | St. Eustatius | 2017/2018 | 42.3 | 57.7 | 21.2 | 93.0 | 39.3 | 37.0 | 8.2 | . | 80.5 | . | 13.8 | 3.8 |
| Age: 25 to 44 years | Percentage/average | Saba | 2017/2018 | 30.0 | 70.0 | 7.1 | 94.8 | 31.7 | 29.3 | 38.4 | . | 76.5 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 5.4 |
| Age: 45 to 64 years | Percentage/average | Caribbean Netherlands | 2017/2018 | 24.0 | 76.0 | 62.2 | 78.1 | 55.4 | 59.1 | 18.2 | 37.3 | 31.8 | 12.7 | 15.9 | 2.3 |
| Age: 45 to 64 years | Percentage/average | Bonaire | 2017/2018 | 11.2 | 88.8 | 84.2 | 70.1 | 68.8 | 73.3 | 21.4 | 57.9 | 6.6 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 1.9 |
| Age: 45 to 64 years | Percentage/average | St. Eustatius | 2017/2018 | 50.7 | 49.3 | 28.0 | 90.3 | 32.1 | 35.5 | 8.5 | . | 75.8 | 4.8 | 16.9 | . |
| Age: 45 to 64 years | Percentage/average | Saba | 2017/2018 | 38.4 | 61.6 | 14.5 | 96.2 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 20.0 | . | 77.0 | . | 14.5 | 5.6 |
| Age: 65 years or older | Percentage/average | Caribbean Netherlands | 2017/2018 | 33.2 | 66.8 | 58.3 | 72.2 | 53.4 | 44.8 | 16.4 | 39.0 | 38.4 | 13.0 | 8.7 | . |
| Age: 65 years or older | Percentage/average | Bonaire | 2017/2018 | 23.0 | 77.0 | 86.0 | 56.3 | 64.7 | 59.4 | 17.3 | 63.8 | 6.8 | 18.7 | 10.8 | . |
| Age: 65 years or older | Percentage/average | St. Eustatius | 2017/2018 | 53.9 | 46.1 | 14.7 | 95.6 | 33.4 | 21.5 | 12.5 | . | 86.4 | . | 8.6 | . |
| Age: 65 years or older | Percentage/average | Saba | 2017/2018 | 41.8 | 58.2 | 14.8 | 100.0 | 39.2 | 22.8 | 18.7 | . | 91.2 | . | . | . |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||||||
Table explanation
This table provides data on languages spoken by the population of the Caribbean Netherlands aged 15 years and older in private households. Breakdowns by sex, age and level of education are presented. These aspects are shown for the Caribbean Netherlands and also for the islands Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba separately.
The research is a sample survey. This means that the figures shown are estimates for which reliability margins apply. These margins are also included in the table.
The Omnibus survey was carried out for the first time on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius in 2013 during the month of June and the first week of July. For the second time the Omnibus survey was carried out on Bonaire during the months of October and November 2017, and on Saba and St. Eustatius in the period January to March 2018.
Data available from: 2013
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.
Changes as of 4 April 2019
None, this is a new table.
When will new figures be published?
New data will be published every four years.
Description topics
- Speaks one language
- Respondents were asked: Which language or languages do you speak? Answer possibilities: English, Papiamentu, Dutch, Spanish and other languages. More than one answer possible. Presented is the percentage of the respondents who speak one language.
- Speaks more than one language
- Respondents were asked: Which language or languages do you speak? Answer possibilities: English, Papiamentu, Dutch, Spanish and other languages. More than one answer possible. Presented is the percentage of the respondents who speak more than one language.
- Spoken languages
- Respondents were asked: Which language or languages do you speak? Answer possibilities: English, Papiamentu, Dutch, Spanish and other languages. More than one answer possible. The percentage indicates for each language which part of the population speaks that language.
- Papiamentu
- English
- Dutch
- Spanish
- Other
- Main language
- Respondents were asked: Which language or languages do you speak? Answer possibilities: English, Papiamentu, Dutch, Spanish and other languages. More than one answer possible. If the respondent speaks more than one language, the following is asked: Which language do you speak most? The percentage indicates for each language which part of the population speaks that language most.
- Papiamentu
- English
- Dutch
- Spanish
- Other