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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		186^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		437.5^a
Capital city		Willemstad
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		144^d,e
Surface area (km2)		444^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		90.8^a
National currency		Neth. Ant. Guilder (ANG)^c
Exchange rate (per US$)		1.8^f

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	3 059	2 534	3 075^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	0.5	-18	7.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	18 038.2	13 388.7	16 086.7^b
Economy: Agriculture^g,h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	0.2	0.3	0.3^b
Economy: Industry^g,j (% of Gross Value Added)	18.7	13.7	13.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,k (% of GVA)	81.1	86	86.5^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	13^l,m	...	...
CPI: Consumer Price Indexⁿ (2010=100)	108	118	136^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-519	-689	-877^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^o (average annual %)	0.8	0.3	~0.0^a
Urban population (% of total population)	89.4	89.1^p	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.2^q	...	...
Fertility rate, total^o (live births per woman)	1.9	1.1	1.1^a
Life expectancy at birth^o (females/males, years)	80.3 / 72.4	80.6 / 72.2	81.0 / 72.7^a
Population age distribution^r (0-14/60+ years old, %)	18.8 / 20.2	16.3 / 21.4	14.9 / 23.7^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	37.6 / 23.5^s	57.2 / 34.9^s	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.1	17.1	14^f
Under five mortality rate^o (per 1000 live births)	11.6	10.5	9.9^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	7.4	7.7	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	172.6 / 178.9^t,m	111.5 / 115.1^t	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	105.7 / ...^t,m	115.3 / ...^t	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	83.2 / 75.3^t,m	185.6 / 127.0^t	... / ...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	...	68.1^u,v	...
Threatened species (number)	49	58	86^f
Forested area (% of land area)	~0.0^t	0.2^t	0.2^w
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	7.2 / 42.4	1.9 / 9.9	2.1 / 10.8^w
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1	1	1^w
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	635	158	172^w
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^x (000)	468	175	490^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	40.4	44.8	44.8^f

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Netherlands Antillean Guilder.
d		Total population of Curaçao excluding some neighborhoods (see source).
e		2018
f		2023
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
i		Includes mining and quarrying.
j		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
k		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
l		Excluding the institutional population.
m		2013
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
o		For statistical purposes, the data for Netherlands do not include this area.
p		2019
q		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
r		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
s		Including refugees.
t		Estimate.
u		Population aged 6 years and over.
v		2017
w		2021
x		Arrivals by air.