Caribbean NL; income of persons with income in private households

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Sex Characteristics Persons (number) Personal gross income (median) (1 000 dollar) Personal income (median) (1 000 dollar)
Total male and female Total persons 20,700 28.0 27.9
Pos. in hh.: Main earner 12,350 34.7 33.8
Pos. in hh.: Main earner without partner 7,600 29.4 29.0
Pos. in hh.: Main earner, single person 5,750 27.9 27.6
Pos. in hh.: Main earner, single parent 1,850 35.2 34.6
Pos. in hh.: Main earner with partner 4,750 45.7 43.6
Pos. in hh.: Partner of main earner 3,900 22.9 22.8
Pos. in hh.: Child underage 450 3.1 3.1
Pos. in hh.: Child of age 2,000 22.9 22.8
Pos. in hh.: Other member 2,000 21.0 20.8
Age: younger than 20 years 900 5.0 4.9
Age: 20 to 39 years 6,800 28.9 28.7
Age: 20 to 29 years 2,650 25.1 25.0
Age: 30 to 39 years 4,150 32.9 32.3
Age: 40 to 59 year 7,400 33.5 32.4
Age: 40 to 49 years 3,750 34.0 33.1
Age: 50 to 59 years 3,650 33.2 31.7
Age: 60 years or older 5,600 24.7 23.9
SEC: employee and self-employed 16,450 32.2 31.5
SEC: benefit recipient and pensioner 4,250 19.7 19.5
Personal income: 1st 25%-group
Personal income: 2nd 25%-group
Personal income: 3rd 25%-group
Personal income: 4th 25%-group
Male Total persons 10,400 28.2 27.9
Pos. in hh.: Main earner 6,450 33.6 32.8
Pos. in hh.: Main earner without partner 3,650 27.0 26.8
Pos. in hh.: Main earner, single person 3,400 26.4 26.1
Pos. in hh.: Main earner, single parent 250 38.5 37.6
Pos. in hh.: Main earner with partner 2,800 45.7 44.3
Pos. in hh.: Partner of main earner 1,600 24.7 24.1
Pos. in hh.: Child underage 200 3.4 3.4
Pos. in hh.: Child of age 1,250 22.9 22.8
Pos. in hh.: Other member 850 21.1 20.8
Age: younger than 20 years 450 5.2 5.1
Age: 20 to 39 years 3,300 27.1 27.0
Age: 20 to 29 years 1,300 24.1 24.0
Age: 30 to 39 years 2,000 30.5 30.2
Age: 40 to 59 year 3,750 33.0 32.0
Age: 40 to 49 years 1,850 32.1 31.4
Age: 50 to 59 years 1,900 33.9 32.4
Age: 60 years or older 2,850 28.2 27.3
SEC: employee and self-employed 8,500 31.3 30.6
SEC: benefit recipient and pensioner 1,900 20.4 20.0
Personal income: 1st 25%-group
Personal income: 2nd 25%-group
Personal income: 3rd 25%-group
Personal income: 4th 25%-group
Female Total persons 10,350 27.9 27.6
Pos. in hh.: Main earner 5,900 36.0 35.1
Pos. in hh.: Main earner without partner 3,950 32.4 31.7
Pos. in hh.: Main earner, single person 2,400 30.5 30.0
Pos. in hh.: Main earner, single parent 1,600 34.6 34.2
Pos. in hh.: Main earner with partner 1,950 44.2 42.8
Pos. in hh.: Partner of main earner 2,300 22.3 22.0
Pos. in hh.: Child underage 250 3.1 3.1
Pos. in hh.: Child of age 750 22.8 22.8
Pos. in hh.: Other member 1,150 20.9 20.8
Age: younger than 20 years 500 4.9 4.8
Age: 20 to 39 years 3,450 31.2 30.9
Age: 20 to 29 years 1,350 26.9 26.5
Age: 30 to 39 years 2,150 35.5 35.0
Age: 40 to 59 year 3,650 34.1 33.1
Age: 40 to 49 years 1,900 36.0 34.9
Age: 50 to 59 years 1,750 32.0 30.6
Age: 60 years or older 2,750 21.6 21.1
SEC: employee and self-employed 8,000 33.3 32.6
SEC: benefit recipient and pensioner 2,350 19.2 19.1
Personal income: 1st 25%-group
Personal income: 2nd 25%-group
Personal income: 3rd 25%-group
Personal income: 4th 25%-group
Source: CBS.
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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.