International Rankings of Curacao 2024, country comparisons

Curacao Index 2024

This table lists the international rankings of Curacao, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Curacao, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	20	34.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	142	55000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	50	68.10 %	2021
Internet users - total	184	111956	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	31	28.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	154	53095	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	71	88.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	184	170000	2021
Economy
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	34	0.40 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	123	596.437 million US Dollars	2021
Exchange rates	128	1.79	N/A
Exports	169	1.280 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	162	5.600 billion US Dollars	2012
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	160	17.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	10	33.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	81	66.90 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	69	37.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	91	19.40 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	144	0.70 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	140	15.50 % of GDP	2012
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	19	83.80 % of GDP	2012
Imports	176	1.915 billion US Dollars	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	113	2.62 %	2019
Labor force	186	73010 US Dollars	2013
Public debt	153	33.20 % of GDP	2012
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	191	3.167 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	107	4.23 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	85	20800 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	61	5	2020
Taxes and other revenues	117	16.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	49	13.00 %	2013
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	14	47.10 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	12	38.10 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	8	42.20 %	2020
Energy
Refined petroleum products - exports	35	167500 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	87	45800 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	55	189800 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	171	10	2018
Land use - arable land	96	10	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	136	0.57	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	21	89	2023
Geography
Area - land	199	444 sq km	N/A
Area - total	202	444 sq km	N/A
Coastline	122	364 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	171	10	2018
Land use - arable land	96	10	2018
Population Density	38	344.25 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	107	13.10 births/1,000 population	2023
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	125	50 %	2023
Death rate	40	8.80 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	55	21.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	109	4.70 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	136	47.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	144	25.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	13	7 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	74	0.96 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	126	6.90 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	128	8.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	128	7.70 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	37	82 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	40	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	35	80 years	2023
Median age - female	56	40 years	N/A
Median age - male	64	35 years	N/A
Median age - total	54	38 years	2023
Net migration rate	71	1.30 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Population	187	152849	2023
Population growth rate	129	0.30 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	30	0.83 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	26	0.93 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	94	1.97 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	136	0.57	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	21	89	2023
Transportation
Airports	124	1	2024
Merchant marine - total	106	57	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	91	11.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Curacao on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Curacao 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Curacao 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.