Caribbean Netherlands; gross domestic product (GDP) per capita

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Caribbean Netherlands Periods Gross domestic product per capita (USD)
Caribbean Netherlands 2012 26,000
2013 25,900
2014 25,800
2015 26,300
2016 27,200
2017 27,100
2018 27,100
2019 28,200
2020 24,100
2021 27,000
2022 28,000
Bonaire 2012 24,600
2013 24,300
2014 24,200
2015 24,300
2016 25,300
2017 24,800
2018 25,400
2019 27,000
2020 23,700
2021 26,300
2022 28,400
St. Eustatius 2012 34,500
2013 34,600
2014 33,100
2015 37,800
2016 40,600
2017 43,000
2018 39,500
2019 38,400
2020 28,200
2021 33,400
2022 27,300
Saba 2012 21,600
2013 23,800
2014 25,400
2015 25,100
2016 24,500
2017 22,900
2018 23,500
2019 24,300
2020 22,800
2021 24,000
2022 24,700
Source: CBS.
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This table shows the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba and total Caribbean Netherlands. GDP is a macroeconomic concept.

Note: GDP per capita has been calculated in all years using the most current figures for GDP and population size. No correction has been made for the following two breaks in population time series:
- Between 1 January 2015 and 1 January 2016, the population register of St. Eustatius was updated. As a result, approximately 600 individuals were classified as emigrants. These people were still registered in the population register of St. Eustatius, but a check-up revealed that they did not live on the island anymore.
- Between 1 Januari 2018 en 1 Januari 2019, the population register of both St. Eustatius and Saba was updated. As a result, approximately 200 individuals on Sint Eustatius and over 200 individuals on Saba were classified as emigrants. These people were still registered in the population register of respectively St. Eustatius and Saba, but a check-up revealed that they did not live on these islands anymore.

Data available from: 2012

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

Changes as of 26 September 2024:
Data of 2022 have been added to this table.

When will new figures be published?
New figures of the GDP per capita of 2023 will be published in the autumn of 2025.

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Gross domestic product per capita
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a quantity that expresses the size of an economy. The volume change of GDP during a reference period expresses the growth or shrinkage of the economy. Gross domestic product at market prices is the final result of the production activity of resident producer units. It can be defined in three ways:
- production approach: GDP is the sum of gross value added of the various institutional sectors or the various industries plus taxes and less subsidies on products (which are not allocated to sectors and industries). It is also the balancing item in the total economy production account;
- expenditure approach: GDP is the sum of final uses of goods and services by resident institutional units (final consumption and gross capital formation), plus exports and minus imports of goods and services;
- income approach: GDP is the sum of uses in the total economy generation of income account (compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports less subsidies, gross operating surplus and mixed income of the total economy).

The values are expressed at prices of the reporting period.