Labour force on the Dutch Caribbean islands

Abstract / Summary

This report presents the labour market situation for the inhabitants of Aruba, Bonaire,
Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten, in the age group 15 to 74 years. Section 2 deals
with labour participation according to sex, age and level of education on the islands.
Section 3 zooms in on the employed labour force. In which industries are people mainly
working? Do they have a job as an employee or as a self-employed person? And how large
is the share of full-time workers? Section 4 focuses on (youth) unemployment according to
sex, age and level of education. Section 5 deals with the people not in the labour force,
with a special focus on young people who are not in education nor in work: the so-called
NEETs (Neither in Employment, nor in Education or Training). The article concludes with a
summary. In order to supply context for these figures, they are compared with the average
of all OECD countries in many instances (Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development) or, where this is not available, with the relevant figures for the (European)
Netherlands, the United States or the European Union.