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Data not available * Provisional figure Publisher ** Revised provisional figure (but not definite) Statistics Netherlands x Publication prohibited (confidential figure) Henri Faasdreef 312, 2492 JP The Hague – Nil www.cbs.nl – (Between two figures) inclusive 0 (0.0) Less than half of unit concerned Bulevar Gobernador Nicolaas Debrot # 67 unit 203 empty cell Not applicable Kralendijk, Bonaire 2015–2016 2015 to 2016 inclusive Telephone +599 7 178 676 2015/2016 Average for 2015 to 2016 inclusive 2015/’16 Crop year, financial year, school year, etc., Prepress: Statistics Netherlands, CCN Creatie beginning in 2015 and ending in 2016 Printed by: Tuijtel, Hardinxveld-Giessendam 2013/’14– 2015/’16 Crop year, financial year, etc., 2013/’14 to 2015/’16 Information inclusive Telephone +31 88 570 70 70 Via contact form: www.cbs.nl/infoservice Due to rounding, some totals may not correspond to the sum of Where to order the separate figures. Obtainable via www.cbs.nl Price: € 10 (excluding postage) ISBN 978-90-357-2036-7 ISSN 2467-9569 © Statistics Netherlands, The Hague/Heerlen/Bonaire 2016. Reproduction is permitted, provided Statistics Netherlands is quoted as the source. Foreword As of 10 October 2010, Statistics Netherlands All our statistics can be found in our online (CBS) is responsible for the collection and database, StatLine (cbs.nl/statline). News and publication of statistical data on the three information can also be accessed through our islands of the Caribbean Netherlands: Bonaire, press releases, published daily on our website Saba and St Eustatius. An annual, comprehensive (www.cbs.nl). News on the Caribbean overview of the latest figures and developments Netherlands is featured in a special dossier on is presented in this compact and colourful this site. booklet, Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands. Aside from a wide range of recent data, it You can keep even more up to date with news provides information on developments in many on the Caribbean Netherlands by checking and areas, from education to energy, from liking our dedicated Facebook page, www. population to prices and from trade to tourism. facebook.com/statistiekcbs.cn, and by following our tweets on Twitter (@statisticscbs). In addition to the regular statistical programme, Statistics Netherlands now also provides statistics I hope you find Trends in the Caribbean for externally financed projects on national Netherlands 2016 a useful and enjoyable source accounts, income statistics and labour and wage of information. statistics. Director General, Dr T.B.P.M. Tjin-A-Tsoi The Hague/Heerlen/Bonaire, October 2016 Contents 1 Bonaire 9 2 Saba 51 Climate 10 Education 52 Education 11 Energy 53 Energy 12 Income 54 Housing 13 International trade 62 Income 17 Labour 63 International trade 25 Macroeconomics 69 Labour 28 Population 70 Macroeconomics 34 Prices 75 Population 37 Security and justice 78 Prices 42 Social security 78 Security and justice 45 Traffic, transport and tourism 79 Social security 45 Traffic, transport and tourism 46 3 St Eustatius 83 Climate 84 Education 85 Energy 86 Income 87 International trade 95 Labour 96 Macroeconomics 102 Population 103 Prices 108 Security and justice 111 Social security 111 Traffic, transport and tourism 112 4 About Statistics Netherlands 117 Bonaire 2.4% economic growth in 2013 99% of exports in 2015 were crude materials and inedibles (ex fuels) 8% of the labour force worked in manufacturing in 2014 8 Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2016 1. Bonaire Bonaire is one of the ABC islands of the Lesser In 2015 1.2 thousand people entered Bonaire Antilles, 70 km off the coast of Venezuela. The as immigrants. Nearly half (46 percent) of average temperature in 2015 was 28.1°C, and them came from the European part of the with an average speed of 7.7 m/s, there is Netherlands, against 24 percent from always wind. Rainfall in 2015 came to Curaçao, Aruba or St. Maarten. The third 191 mm, almost half the amount in 2014 largest group that migrated to Bonaire came (322 mm). January was the wettest month from South and Central America: 18 percent. with 54 mm. Some 800 people emigrated from Bonaire that year: 60 percent went to the European Some 19.4 thousand people live on the part of the Netherlands while 23 percent island, which has an area of 288 km2 and a emigrated to Curaçao, Aruba or St. Maarten. population density of 67 people per square Only 4 percent of emigrants went to South or km. Since 2011, the population has grown by Central America. 3.6 thousand, an increase of 23 percent in five years. Papiamento is most widely spoken: two- thirds of the population indicate that it is On 1 January 2016, most inhabitants their first language. Dutch is the first – 37 percent – were natives of Bonaire; language for 15 percent of Bonairians. 18 percent were born on Curaçao, 14 percent However, multilingualism is most common, in the European part of the Netherlands and with 90 percent of the population speaking 18 percent in South or Central America. Only more than one language. 2 percent were born on Aruba. Bonaire 9 Climate 1.2 Monthly temperature, 2014–2015 ºC 1.1 Climate, 2015 30 29 Relative 28 Temperature Wind speed humidity Precipitation 27 °C m/s % mm 26 January 26 .9 6 .8 78 .0 54 .1 0 February 27 .4 7 .1 73 .7 6 .6 Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov March 27 .0 7 .4 72 .1 28 .8 April 27 .5 8 .3 75 .0 1 .2 May 27 .7 8 .9 75 .7 1 .3 June 28 .3 8 .9 77 .1 0 .1 Temperature Average year temperature July 28 .4 8 .2 75 .6 17 .7 Source: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. August 29 .1 7 .2 75 .8 0 .4 September 29 .8 7 .1 75 .4 13 .1 October 29 .3 6 .3 76 .8 14 .7 November 28 .6 7 .1 75 .9 11 .1 December 27 .7 8 .8 77 .1 42 .0 1.3 Wind speed, 2014–2015 m/s Annual avg 28 .1 7 .7 75 .7 191 .1 9 Source: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. 8 7 6 5 0 Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov 28.1˚C averageCc annual temperature in 2015 Wind speed Average wind speed Source: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. 10 Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2016 Education 1.7 Pupils in government funded schools, 1 October 2015* 1.4 Government funded schools, 2015/'16* 18% Number of schools Primary education 7 Secondary education including senior secondary vocational education 1 50% Source: OCW-unit Bonaire. 32% 1.5 Pupils in government funded schools, 1 October 2013/’14 2014/’15 2015/’16* Primary education Secondary education Primary education 1,687 1,727 1,778 Secondary vocational education Secondary education 1,145 1,147 1,124 Secondary vocational education 505 614 625 Total 3,337 3,488 3,527 1.6 Pupils in government funded secondary/ secondary vocational schools, 1 October 2013/’14 2014/’15 2015/’16* Secondary vocational (bbl) 141 127 124 Secondary vocational (bol) 364 487 501 Students in secondary education 1,145 1,147 1,124 Total 1,650 1,761 1,749 Bonaire 11 1.8 Pupils in government funded primary Energy schools, 1 October 2013/’14 2014/’15 2015/’16* 1.9 Number and length of power cuts Up to 4 yrs 204 209 213 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 5 yrs 204 221 223 Total 22 36 24 25 29 6 yrs 192 220 229 7 yrs 209 197 227 <1 hour 4 3 7 8 7 8 yrs 197 209 198 1–2 hours 7 11 6 8 9 9 yrs 186 203 209 2–5 hours 8 15 9 7 8 10 yrs 198 198 207 >5 hours 3 7 2 2 5 11 yrs 211 191 188 Hours 12 yrs 77 72 80 13 yrs 9 7 4 Total length 65 141 52 57 78 Average length 2 .9 3 .9 2 .2 2 .3 2 .7 Total primary education 1,687 1,727 1,778 1.10 Water production 1,000 m3 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,300 Aa 1,200 1,100 3,527 pupils attended 0 government funded schools in 2015/'16* 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 12 Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2016 1.11 Electricity production Housing mln kWh 120 A survey of Bonaire’s housing market showed 100 that residential property prices fell by nearly 80 7 percent in 2015 compared to 2014. 60 40 In 2013 and 2014 residential property prices 20 hardly changed relative to the preceding year. 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 The last year a price increase was recorded was 2012, when house prices rose by 2.7 percent relative to 2011. Fossil fuels Renewable energy Number of house sales fairly stable Last year 150 houses were sold on Bonaire, slightly less than in 2014 when 156 houses were sold. The number of house sales on Bonaire has been stable at just over 150 for years with a peak in 2013 when 168 homes were sold. Mainly detached houses 39% of energy production Over 85 percent of the 18,905 islanders live in from renewable sources (detached) houses and this type of dwelling is indeed most frequently sold, although the share Cc of ‘flats’ sold on Bonaire rose from 17 percent in 2011 to 25 percent in 2015. Bonaire 13 Most houses sold in Playa Pabou and Belnem 1.12 Price developments residential property on Bonaire In the past half decade, most houses were sold 2011=100 in the neighbourhoods of Playa Pabou and 110 Belnem, followed at some distance by Playa 100 Pariba and Nikiboko.