Caribbean NL; income of persons with income in private households

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.