Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, position in the household

Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, position in the household

Sex Age Position in household Caribbean Netherlands Periods Labour force and not in the labour force (number) Labour force Labour force (number) Labour force Employed labour force Employed labour force (number) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Employee Employee (number) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Employee Permanent employee (number) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Employee Temporary employee (number) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Self-employed person Self-employed person (number) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Self-employed person Self-employed without employees (number) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Self-employed person Self-employed with employees (number) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Self-employed person Contributing family worker (number) Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Part-time (number) Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week Less than 20 working hours a week (number) Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week Less than 12 working hours a week (number) Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week 12 to 19 working hours a week (number) Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 20 to 34 working hours a week (number) Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 20 to 27 working hours a week (number) Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 28 to 34 working hours a week (number) Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Full-time (number) Labour force Unemployed labour force (number) Labour force Unemployment rate (%) Not in the labour force (number) Gross labour participation rate (%) Net labour participation rate (%)
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Total Bonaire 2022 17,710 13,240 12,840 10,510 8,580 1,920 2,340 1,200 850 290 2,330 620 370 250 1,710 920 800 10,500 390 3.0 4,480 74.7 72.5
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Total St. Eustatius 2022 2,480 1,880 1,810 1,550 1,380 170 260 160 100 0 230 60 40 30 170 60 100 1,580 70 3.9 600 75.8 72.9
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Total Saba 2022 1,510 1,040 1,010 870 740 140 140 90 40 10 140 20 20 0 120 40 70 880 30 2.5 470 68.7 67.0
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Single person Bonaire 2022 3,170 2,430 2,380 2,060 1,680 380 320 220 90 0 320 100 20 80 220 120 110 2,060 50 2.2 740 76.8 75.0
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Single person St. Eustatius 2022 760 600 590 490 420 60 110 70 40 0 90 30 20 20 60 20 50 500 10 1.5 160 78.8 77.6
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Single person Saba 2022 660 370 350 320 270 60 30 20 10 0 50 10 10 0 40 20 20 300 20 5.2 290 55.6 52.7
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Parent in single-parent household Bonaire 2022 1,240 1,000 970 770 630 140 200 90 100 20 250 60 30 30 190 130 70 720 30 3.4 230 81.1 78.3
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Parent in single-parent household St. Eustatius 2022 320 280 270 260 240 20 10 0 10 0 20 0 0 0 20 10 20 250 10 2.2 50 85.1 83.3
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Parent in single-parent household Saba 2022 110 100 100 100 90 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 . 10 . .
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Partner in couple with child(ren) Bonaire 2022 4,930 4,250 4,200 3,070 2,680 390 1,140 490 440 210 560 150 120 30 410 180 230 3,630 50 1.1 680 86.2 85.3
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Partner in couple with child(ren) St. Eustatius 2022 490 460 440 390 350 40 50 30 20 0 50 0 0 0 40 10 30 390 20 4.8 40 93.1 88.6
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Partner in couple with child(ren) Saba 2022 270 260 260 210 190 30 50 30 20 0 40 10 10 0 30 10 20 220 0 0.0 20 93.8 93.8
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Partner in couple without child(ren) Bonaire 2022 3,800 2,390 2,330 1,860 1,540 310 470 310 130 30 540 130 80 50 410 180 230 1,790 60 2.7 1,410 62.9 61.2
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Partner in couple without child(ren) St. Eustatius 2022 430 330 320 250 230 20 70 30 40 0 50 20 20 0 30 20 0 270 10 2.4 100 76.8 74.9
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Partner in couple without child(ren) Saba 2022 360 250 250 190 160 30 60 50 10 10 40 0 0 0 40 10 20 210 0 1.6 100 71.5 70.7
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Adult child Bonaire 2022 2,600 2,000 1,880 1,780 1,390 390 100 70 30 0 370 80 40 40 280 210 80 1,510 120 6.0 610 76.7 72.1
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Adult child St. Eustatius 2022 240 150 130 110 90 20 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 120 20 . 90 62.9 53.6
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Adult child Saba 2022 30 30 30 30 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 . 10 . .
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Minor child Bonaire 2022 710 150 70 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 70 60 40 10 10 0 10 0 80 . 570 20.4 9.6
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Minor child St. Eustatius 2022 160 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 140 . .
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Minor child Saba 2022 40 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 . 30 . .
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Other household member Bonaire 2022 1,270 1,030 1,030 910 660 250 120 10 70 40 230 40 40 0 190 110 80 800 0 0.0 250 80.6 80.6
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Other household member St. Eustatius 2022 90 60 60 50 50 10 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 50 0 . 30 . .
Total male and female 15 to 74 years Other household member Saba 2022 40 30 20 20 20 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 . 20 . .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains yearly figures on labour participation by position in the household for the special municipalities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (the Caribbean Netherlands). The population of 15 to 74 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) is divided into the employed labour force, the unemployed labour force and those not in the labour force. The employed labour force is subdivided on the basis of the professional status and the average working hours. A division by sex and age is available.

Data available from: 2012

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of 30 October 2024:
The number of self-employed for the reporting years 2020 and 2022 has been corrected. The correction concerns a slight upward revision of the number of self-employed persons. The cause was an error in the software that deduces whether someone is self-employed based on the answers in the questionnaire. As a result, for some records the position in the job remained unknown, whereas it should have been self-employed (with employees). This has now been corrected.

Changes as of 14 June 2024:
In the previous version of this table, the 2022 figures for Saba and St Eustatius were swapped. This has been corrected in this version of the table.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published every two years.

Description topics

Labour force and not in the labour force
People who are part of the employed labour force, the unemployed labour force or who are not in the labour force.

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old.
Labour force
People
- who have paid work (employed labour force), or
- who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it (unemployed labour force).

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Labour force
People
- who have paid work (employed labour force), or
- who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it (unemployed labour force).

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Employed labour force
People who have paid work.

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Employed labour force
People who have paid work.

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.

Professional status
Classification of the employed labour force into:
Employee
-  permanent
-  temporary
Self-employed
-  without employees (solo self-employed)
-  with employees
-  contributing family worker

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Employee
A person who makes arrangements in a collective agreement for labour purposes and who is being paid in return.

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.

Employee
A person who makes arrangements in a collective agreement for labour purposes and who is being paid in return.

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.

Permanent employee
An employee with an employment contract for an indefinite period.

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.

Temporary employee
An employee with an employment contract for a limited period.

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.


Self-employed person
A person who works for his/her own account and risk
-  in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
-  as an owner-manager, or
-  in the company or practice of a family member (contributing family worker), or
-  as another self-employed person (for example in an independent profession).

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.

Self-employed person
A person who works for his/her own account and risk
-  in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
-  as an owner-manager, or
-  in the company or practice of a family member (contributing family worker), or
-  as another self-employed person (for example in an independent profession).

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.

Self-employed without employees
A person who works for his/her own account and risk
-  in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
-  as an owner-manager, or
-  as another self-employed person (for example in an independent profession), and
-  who has no employees.

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Self-employed with employees
A person who works for his/her own account and risk
-  in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
-  as an owner-manager, and
-  who has employees.
-  
When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Contributing family worker
A person who works, not on the basis of a an explicit employment contract, in the company or practice of the partner or parents.

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Working hours
The number of hours someone works in a normal or average working week.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
Part-time
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 35 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
Part-time
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 35 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
Less than 20 working hours a week
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
Less than 20 working hours a week
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
Less than 12 working hours a week
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
12 to 19 working hours a week
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 12 to 19 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
20 to 34 working hours a week
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

20 to 34 working hours a week
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
20 to 27 working hours a week
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 27 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.
28 to 34 working hours a week
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 28 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Full-time
The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 35 hours or more.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Unemployed labour force
People who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it.

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Unemployment rate
The unemployed labour force as a percentage of the (employed and unemployed) labour force.

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old.
Not in the labour force
People who don’t have paid work, who haven’t recently looked for work recently or are not directly available for it.

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Gross labour participation rate
The percentage of the (employed and unemployed) labour force in the population (labour force and not in the labour force).

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old.
Net labour participation rate
The percentage of the employed labour force in the population (labour force and not in the labour force).

This definition concerns people who live in the Caribbean Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old.