Caribbean NL; income of persons with income in private households

Changed on: 15/07/2026 15:30

Caribbean NL; income of persons with income in private households
Sex	Characteristics	Caribbean Netherlands	Periods	Persons (number)	Personal gross income (median) (1 000 dollar)	Personal income (median) (1 000 dollar)
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2011	12,500	17.0	16.5
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2012	13,000	17.8	17.2
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2013	13,850	18.5	18.0
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2014	14,300	19.0	18.5
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2015	14,900	19.2	18.6
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2016	15,650	19.8	19.1
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2017	16,350	20.5	19.8
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2018	16,900	21.2	20.4
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2019	17,550	20.7	20.1
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2020	18,050	20.6	20.1
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2021	18,650	20.6	19.9
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2022**	19,650	22.7	21.9
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2023*	20,100	25.5	24.8
Total male and female	Total persons	Caribbean Netherlands	2024*	20,700	28.0	27.9
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2011	10,150	16.5	16.1
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2012	10,600	16.9	16.5
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2013	11,250	17.7	17.3
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2014	11,650	18.1	17.6
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2015	12,150	18.5	17.9
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2016	12,800	19.1	18.4
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2017	13,350	19.6	18.9
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2018	13,800	20.2	19.5
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2019	14,400	20.0	19.4
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2020	14,900	19.8	19.2
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2021	15,400	19.8	19.1
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2022**	16,350	21.9	21.1
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2023*	16,750	24.9	24.1
Total male and female	Total persons	Bonaire	2024*	17,350	27.9	27.6
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2011	1,450	22.2	20.9
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2012	1,550	23.5	22.4
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2013	1,650	24.2	23.1
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2014	1,650	25.5	24.4
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2015	1,700	26.4	25.1
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2016	1,800	25.0	23.7
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2017	1,900	26.5	25.4
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2018	1,950	25.4	24.6
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2019	2,000	25.2	24.2
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2020	2,000	24.7	23.9
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2021	2,050	24.5	23.8
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2022**	2,100	26.0	25.2
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2023*	2,100	27.3	26.9
Total male and female	Total persons	St. Eustatius	2024*	2,100	28.9	28.7
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2011	900	20.0	19.0
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2012	900	21.7	20.7
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2013	950	21.3	20.4
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2014	1,000	22.8	21.7
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2015	1,050	21.6	20.7
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2016	1,100	22.2	21.1
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2017	1,100	22.6	21.4
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2018	1,150	24.5	23.6
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2019	1,150	24.5	23.6
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2020	1,150	25.6	24.8
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2021	1,150	25.8	25.3
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2022**	1,250	29.1	27.9
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2023*	1,250	31.9	30.4
Total male and female	Total persons	Saba	2024*	1,300	34.0	33.2
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table summarizes the income of people in the Caribbean Netherlands; the islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Persons are differentiated according to sex, age, socio-economic category, position in the household 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 has 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 socio-economic category. The size of the group benefit recipients and pensioners 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

Persons: Number of persons with income in private households on the 31st of the year under review.
Personal gross income (median): The personal primary income (from employment or private enterprise) plus benefits from income insurance, social security benefits (except child allowances) and income transfers received.
Personal income (median): The personal gross income from employment, private enterprise transfers received, benefits from income insurance and social benefits (except child allowances) and income transfers received. Premiums for income allowances (apart from social security contributions) have been deducted.