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In 2017, the volume of gross domestic product (GDP) declined on Bonaire and Saba, by 1.3 and 1.4 percent respectively. On St Eustatius, GDP rose by 6.6 percent.

Caribbean Netherlands, GDP Bonaire, Saba, St Eustatius

In Q3 2019, consumer prices on Bonaire were 1.2 percent higher than one year previously. Prices also rose on St Eustatius and Saba, by 0.7 percent and 0.3 percent year-on-year respectively.

Purchasing power in the Caribbean Netherlands rose once again in 2017. The median increase was highest for the inhabitants of St Eustatius at 2.6 percent.

According to the latest forecast by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the population of the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands is expected to grow further from 25 thousand currently to 30...

In Q2 2019, consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 1.1 percent more expensive than one year previously.

In 2018, 57 percent of the workforce in the Caribbean Netherlands (aged 15 to 74 years) were born in the former Dutch Antilles and Aruba.

In 2018, the labour participation rate on the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands was higher than two years previously.

In Q1 2019, consumer prices on Bonaire were 0.7 percent higher than one year previously. Prices also rose on St Eustatius and Saba, by 0.7 percent and 0.6 percent year-on-year respectively.

10 percent more aircraft movements to and from the Caribbean Netherlands in 2018, 11 percent more passengers

In Q4 2018, consumer prices on Saba were back at the level of one year previously. This brought an end to the price increases recorded after Hurricane Irma in Q4 2017.

New edition of Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2018 presents the latest social and economic key figures on developments in the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba)

Of the three Caribbean islands, Saba had the lowest income inequality in 2016.

In Q3 2018, consumer prices on Bonaire were 3.5 percent higher than one year previously. Prices also rose on St Eustatius and Saba, by 1.1 and by 4.4 percent year-on-year respectively.

In 2016, the volume of gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 2.2 percent on Bonaire; on St Eustatius and Saba, it fell by 1.0 and 0.5 percent, respectively. The total GDP volume in the Caribbean...

In Q2 2018, consumer prices in the Caribbean Netherlands increased less rapidly than in the previous quarter.

The median purchasing power of the population in the Caribbean Netherlands increased once again in 2016. On all three islands, the purchasing power of families with young children increased the most.

On 1 January 2017, the population of Bonaire was made up of 19.2 thousand residents. More than 7 thousand were native Bonairians.

In Q1 2018, consumers on Bonaire paid 3.8 percent more for goods and services than one year previously. Prices rose year-on-year by 2.9 percent on Saba and by 2.0 percent on St Eustatius.

Residents of Bonaire felt safer in 2017 than in 2013.

Young workers on Bonaire often have full-time jobs, similar to the over-25s.

In Q4 2017, consumer prices on Saba were 2.5 percent up over one year previously.

This handy edition of Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2017 presents the latest social and economic key figures

The public sector is the largest employer in the Caribbean Netherlands

In 2015, the median purchasing power of Bonaire’s local population improved by 3.6 percent.