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 1,350 49.5 38.6
Type: Single person household 600 32.2 23.3
Type: Multi person household 750 62.8 51.6
Type: One-parent family 150 34.3 31.7
Type: One-parent, all children < 18 yrs 250 46.0 41.1
Type: One-parent, at least 1 child >= 18 100 59.1 50.4
Type: Couple, total 350 69.3 61.8
Type: Couple, no children 150 63.2 55.7
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 200 74.9 67.8
Type: Couple, all children < 18 yrs 100 70.5 64.7
Type: Couple, at least 1 child >= 18 yrs 50 . .
Type: Multi person household, n.e.c. 150 75.2 58.4
Type: Single person with other people 50 . .
Type: One-parent family and other people 50 . .
Type: Couple, no child with other people 0 . .
Type: Couple with children/other people 50 . .
Main earner: to 40 years 350 41.0 31.7
Main earner: 40 to 60 years 600 56.5 48.2
Main earner: 60 years or older 450 46.5 33.2
Source: Income as employee/self-employed 1,100 56.2 45.9
Source: Transfer income 250 22.6 18.7
Disposable income: 1st 25%-group 350 13.3 14.9
Disposable income: 2nd 25%-group 350 28.8 27.8
Disposable income: 3rd 25%-group 350 50.4 49.5
Disposable income: 4th 25%-group 350 105.4 93.4
Equivalised income: 1st 25%-group 350
Equivalised income: 2nd 25%-group 350
Equivalised income: 3rd 25%-group 350
Equivalised income: 4th 25%-group 350
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.