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Curaçao
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Curacao · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
156,263
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 156263 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$3.56 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 3561178212.2905 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$22,833
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 22832.895498987 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Curaçao at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 153,289 (2024 est.) male: 73,755 female: 79,534
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$4.312 billion (2023 est.) $4.138 billion (2022 est.) $3.834 billion (2021 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$3.281 billion (2023 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
4.2% (2023 est.) 7.9% (2022 est.) 4.2% (2021 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$27,700 (2023 est.) $27,600 (2022 est.) $25,200 (2021 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
2.6% (2019 est.) 2.6% (2018 est.) 1.6% (2017 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Current account balance
-$654.688 million (2023 est.) -$822.667 million (2022 est.) -$508.758 million (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$2.107 billion (2023 est.) $2.046 billion (2022 est.) $1.363 billion (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$2.764 billion (2023 est.) $2.891 billion (2022 est.) $1.91 billion (2021 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 68% (2017 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Explore the country in detail
Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
25 of 25 sections
Location
Caribbean, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 55 km off the coast of Venezuela
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Willemstad geographic coordinates: 12 06 N, 68 55 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: the name means "William's Town" in Dutch; named after Prince WILLEM of Orange (1533-84), the first stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
high-income island economy; developed infrastructure; tourism and financial services-based economy; investing in information technology incentives; oil refineries service Venezuela and China
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
calcium phosphates, protected harbors, hot springs
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
aloe, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
tourism, petroleum refining, petroleum transshipment, light manufacturing, financial and business services
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Armenia 57%, USA 15%, Guyana 5%, Dominican Republic 4%, Netherlands 2% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
diamonds, refined petroleum, crude petroleum, gold, petroleum coke (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
USA 39%, Netherlands 24%, China 6%, Colombia 5%, Brazil 3% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, cars, garments, plastic products, packaged medicine (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in mild temperatures; semiarid with average rainfall of 60 cm/year
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
generally low, hilly terrain
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 0% (2022 est.) arable land: 10% (2018) forest: 0.2% (2022 est.) other: 99.8% (2022 est.)
2022, 2018 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
Curacao is south of the Caribbean hurricane belt and is rarely threatened
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Papiamento (official) (a creole language that is a mixture of Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English, and, to a lesser extent, French, as well as elements of African languages and the language of the Arawak) 80%, Dutch (official) 8.8%, Spanish 5.6%, English (official) 3.1%, other 2.3%, unspecified 0.3% (2011 est.) note: data represent most spoken language in household
2011 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Roman Catholic 72.8%, Pentecostal 6.6%, Protestant 3.2%, Adventist 3%, Jehovah's Witness 2%, Evangelical 1.9%, other 3.8%, none 6%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)
2011 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 19.2% (male 15,069/female 14,337) 15-64 years: 62.3% (male 47,258/female 48,217) 65 years and over: 18.5% (2024 est.) (male 11,428/female 16,980)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 89% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 79.9 years (2024 est.) male: 77.6 years female: 82.3 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 173,926 (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 94 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 61,000 (2022 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
1 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 4 (2024) large: 0 medium: 2 small: 1 very small: 1 ports with oil terminals: 3 key ports: Bullenbaai, Caracasbaai, Sint Michelsbaai, Willemstad
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 0.3% (2023 est.) industry: 11.7% (2023 est.) services: 73.3% (2023 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
5.4% of GDP (2023 est.) 5.2% of GDP (2022 est.) 5.2% of GDP (2021 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2023, 2022, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Caribbean Guilder
XCG per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 XCG = US$0.5545697
1.7967–1.8072 XCG per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | XCG per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1.8032 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 1.806 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.8072 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.8058 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.8003 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 1.8015 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 1.8041 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 1.804 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 1.8069 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 1.8 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.8011 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1.8016 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 1.8055 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 1.8067 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 1.7996 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.8025 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 1.8061 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 1.8029 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 1.8 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 1.8003 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 1.7969 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 1.7967 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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- Country reference
- CIA World Factbook · 2025 archive
- Archive retrieved
- Oct 6, 2026 · retrieval date, not an observation period
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