Caribbean NL; purchasing power development persons in private households

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Caribbean Netherlands Periods Median development purchasing power (%) Persons with purchasing power decrease (%)
Bonaire 2012 3.2 42
2013 1.6 45
2014 2.0 43
2015 4.6 36
2016 2.6 43
2017 1.9 43
2018 -0.5 51
2019 3.7 39
2020 5.6 35
2021 1.7 44
2022** -2.3 55
2023* 10.4 28
2024* 13.7 24
St. Eustatius 2012 4.5 41
2013 2.3 41
2014 1.1 48
2015 4.6 37
2016 2.4 42
2017 4.7 39
2018 3.4 38
2019 6.6 35
2020 2.7 44
2021 1.2 40
2022** -2.3 55
2023* 9.7 27
2024* 10.8 26
Saba 2012 4.6 36
2013 3.3 38
2014 3.1 38
2015 3.1 34
2016 6.3 30
2017 1.7 41
2018 0.3 49
2019 5.5 30
2020 4.7 32
2021 1.2 45
2022** -0.3 52
2023* 7.1 32
2024* 10.4 25
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains the dynamic purchasing power of people in the Caribbean Netherlands; the islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Persons are differentiated according to sex, position in the household and household characteristics age main earner, main income source 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:
2012.

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 main source of income. The size of the group transfer income recipients has increased, which has an effect on the purchasing power

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

Median development purchasing power
Purchasing power is defined as the equivalised household income adjusted for price developments, which are based on the consumer price index (CPI). Purchasing power is used to determine income changes (in real terms), but may also be used to determine (developments in) differences in prosperity between individuals or households.

The development is measured by the median change in purchasing power. The median is defined as the value separating the higher half from the lower half. In simple terms, it may be thought of as the 'middle' value of a data set.

Persons with purchasing power decrease
Percentage of the selected (sub)population with decreasing purchasing power.