Curacao vs the Netherlands: Economic Indicators Comparison

The Netherlands with a GDP of $913.7B ranked the 17th largest economy in the world, while Curacao ranked 166th with $3.1B. By GDP per capita, the Netherlands and Curacao ranked 15th vs 46th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Curacao	Netherlands
GDP	$3.1B	$913.7B
GDP growth, 1 year	-2.17%	2.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average	N/A	2.2%
Population	160k	17.3M
GDP per capita	$20k	$53k
GDP per capita growth	-1.97%	2%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	1.26	0.8
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.71	0.94
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$28k	$56k
GNI, Atlas method	$3.1B	$883.2B
GNI per capita	$19k	$51k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$4.5B	$980.2B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$28k	$57k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Curacao	Netherlands
Income Tax Rate	N/A	52%
Corporate Tax Rate	N/A	25%
Inflation, consumer prices	1.6%	1.6%
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.6%	2.2%
Unemployment	13.4%	3.9%
Economic Freedom Index	78	77
Personal Freedom Index	7.3	9.23
Human Freedom Index	7.2	8.49
Property Rights Index	N/A	90
Judical Effectiveness Index	N/A	73.9
Business Freedom Index	N/A	80.4
Fiscal Health Index	N/A	94.1
Labor Freedom Index	N/A	60.2
Investment Freedom Index	N/A	90
Financial Freedom Index	N/A	80
Trade Freedom Index	N/A	86.4
Monetary Freedom Index	N/A	82.5
Government Spending Index	N/A	45.2
Tax Burden Index	N/A	51.7
Government Integrity Index	N/A	90.1
Corruption Perceptions Index	72	82
Life expectancy at birth, years	78	81.6
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	0.5	12.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	17	3.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	19.2	0.8
International tourism, number of arrivals	432k	18.8M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Curacao	Netherlands
Central government debt, % of GDP	N/A	54.4%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	N/A	18.4%
Gross savings, % of GDP	22.3%	31.9%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	N/A	20.7%
Total reserves including gold	N/A	$38.4B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$126.9M	-$239.3B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Curacao	Netherlands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	72.2%	84.3%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	85.3%	73.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$897.8M	$99.1B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	39.1%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	N/A	N/A
Personal remittances received	$155.3M	$2.5B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	16.8%	17.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	0.4%	1.6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$26.7M	$41.9B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$4.4M	$35B
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	37.8%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	N/A	42.7%