Caribbean NL; income of private households

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Characteristics Households (number) Disposable income (mean) (1 000 dollar) Disposable income (median) (1 000 dollar)
Private households 12,500 51.2 38.5
Type: Single person household 5,200 29.9 23.2
Type: Multi person household 7,300 66.3 54.4
Type: One-parent family 800 35.6 31.7
Type: One-parent, all children < 18 yrs 1,600 44.2 37.9
Type: One-parent, at least 1 child >= 18 800 53.1 46.0
Type: Couple, total 4,150 68.9 56.4
Type: Couple, no children 2,050 62.3 48.3
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2,100 75.3 64.0
Type: Couple, all children < 18 yrs 1,300 69.3 58.6
Type: Couple, at least 1 child >= 18 yrs 850 84.6 72.2
Type: Multi person household, n.e.c. 1,550 82.3 71.5
Type: Single person with other people 600 69.7 59.0
Type: One-parent family and other people 300 69.0 63.2
Type: Couple, no child with other people 200 90.8 74.1
Type: Couple with children/other people 450 104.0 93.3
Main earner: to 40 years 3,700 42.3 32.9
Main earner: 40 to 60 years 5,000 57.5 44.8
Main earner: 60 years or older 3,800 51.5 37.0
Source: Income as employee/self-employed 10,450 55.6 42.8
Source: Transfer income 2,000 28.0 19.9
Disposable income: 1st 25%-group
Disposable income: 2nd 25%-group
Disposable income: 3rd 25%-group
Disposable income: 4th 25%-group
Equivalised income: 1st 25%-group
Equivalised income: 2nd 25%-group
Equivalised income: 3rd 25%-group
Equivalised income: 4th 25%-group
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table summarizes the income of private households in the Carribean Netherlands; the islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. Households are differentiated according to composition, age of the main earner, main source of income and income level. The income level quartile groups are determined per island, since the income differences between the islands make a classification for the Caribbean Netherlands as a total difficult to interpret.

Population:
The population consists of the people in private households with income observed. The reference date for the years 2011 – 2022 is December 31 of the year under review. The reference date for the years from 2023 onwards is January 1st of the year under review.

Data is available starting from:
2011.

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2011 to 2021 are final.
The figures for 2022 to 2024 are provisional.

Changes July 15, 2026:
In the previous version of this table, quartile values for the Caribbean Netherlands as a total are mistakenly published for the years 2016 to 2022. This has been corrected in this version.

The reference date for defining the population has from year 2023 onwards, with the start of the poverty statistics and in alignment with the EU-NL income- and poverty statistics, been shifted from December 31 to January 1st of the year under review. This had a slightly increasing effect on the figures.

Work-related benefits are from 2022 onwards classified as such. As a result, a shift is observable within the feature main source of income. The size of the group transfer income recipients has increased, and likewise the income.

The revised provisional figures for 2022 and the provisional figures for 2023 and 2024 are added.

When will new figures be published?
New figures are expected in September 2027.

Description topics

Households
Number of persons with income in private households on December 31 of the year under review.
Disposable income (mean)
Disposable income equals gross income minus
- current transfers paid,
- income insurance premiums,
- health insurance premiums,
- tax on income and wealth.
Disposable income (median)
Disposable income equals gross income minus
- current transfers paid,
- income insurance premiums,
- health insurance premiums,
- tax on income and wealth.