Economy - overview:
The economy of Sint Maarten centers around tourism with nearly four-fifths of the labor force engaged in this sector. Nearly 1.8 million visitors came to the island by cruise ship and roughly 500,000 visitors arrived through Princess Juliana International Airport in 2013. Cruise ships and yachts also call on Sint Maarten's numerous ports and harbors. Limited agriculture and local fishing means that almost all food must be imported. Energy resources and manufactured goods are also imported. Sint Maarten had the highest per capita income among the five islands that formerly comprised the Netherlands Antilles.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
Agriculture - products: Industries: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation:
Unemployment rate: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Exports - commodities: Exchange rates:
$798.3 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 209
$794.7 million (2008 est.)
$748.9 million (2007 est.)
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$794.7 million (2008)
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4% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
1.6% (2008 est.)
4.5% (2007 est.)
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$15,400 (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 89
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agriculture:
0.4%
industry:
18.3%
services:
81.3% (2008 est.)
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tourism, light industry
23,200 (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 208
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agriculture:
1.1%
industry:
15.2%
services:
83.7% (2008 est.)
12% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
10.6% (2008 est.)
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4% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
0.7% (2009 est.)
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sugar
Netherlands Antillean guilders (ANG) per US dollar -
1.79 (2012)
1.79 (2011)
1.79 (2009)
1.79 (2008)
1.79 (2007)
note:
The Netherland Antillean guilder was replaced by the newly created Caribbean guilder in 2013