Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.3% (1997)
Labor force: 89,000
Labor force—by occupation: government 65%, industry and commerce 28% (1983)
Unemployment rate: 14.9% (1998 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $710.8 million
expenditures: $741.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1997 est.)
Industries: tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire),
petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities
(Curacao and Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao)
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity—production: 1.4 billion kWh (1996)
Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)
Electricity—consumption: 1.4 billion kWh (1996)