Latin America & Caribbean · High income
Sint Maarten: the economy in numbers
Per person: $42,978, or $56,491 at purchasing power parity. Population: 43,923 (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #187 of 204 economies.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $1.28 billion in 2009, $1.89 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $38,341 per person in 2009, $42,978 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 1.0% a year. Years of falling GDP since 2010: 3 of 16.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose by 30.6% from 2005 to 2017. Highest annual inflation: 6.0% in 2009.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Population
1960: 2,715 · 2025: 43,923.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 66.4 years · 2024: 76.5 years.
Data by year
Show the year-by-year table
| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Population | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.89B | $42,978 | $56,491 | 3.4% | 43.9K | ||
| 2024 | $1.8B | $41,473 | $53,847 | 3.0% | 43.4K | 76.5 | |
| 2023 | $1.69B | $39,452 | $51,729 | 3.8% | 42.7K | 76.4 | |
| 2022 | $1.59B | $37,793 | $48,753 | 13.9% | 42.1K | 76.2 | |
| 2021 | $1.35B | $32,548 | $40,507 | 4.6% | 41.6K | 74.5 | |
| 2020 | $1.24B | $30,151 | $38,901 | −13.3% | 41K | 75.0 | |
| 2019 | $1.41B | $34,861 | $45,716 | 11.0% | 40.4K | 75.7 | |
| 2018 | $1.26B | $31,708 | $41,653 | −6.9% | 39.7K | 75.7 | |
| 2017 | $1.35B | $34,701 | $44,479 | −7.5% | 2.2% | 39K | 75.5 |
| 2016 | $1.43B | $37,309 | $44,845 | 1.0% | 0.1% | 38.2K | 76.0 |
| 2015 | $1.42B | $37,840 | $44,588 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 37.5K | 75.9 |
| 2014 | $1.36B | $37,135 | $43,514 | 1.6% | 1.9% | 36.7K | 75.7 |
| 2013 | $1.02B | $28,530 | $36,178 | 1.3% | 2.5% | 35.9K | 75.4 |
| 2012 | $986M | $28,149 | $35,521 | 1.4% | 4.0% | 35K | 75.1 |
| 2011 | $936M | $27,318 | $39,731 | 4.6% | 4.6% | 34.3K | 74.9 |
| 2010 | $892M | $26,404 | $37,736 | 3.2% | 1.3% | 33.8K | 74.8 |
| 2009 | $855M | $25,528 | $36,454 | 6.0% | 33.5K | 74.8 | |
| 2008 | −0.4% | 33.1K | 74.9 | ||||
| 2007 | 4.4% | 32.8K | 74.8 | ||||
| 2006 | 0.3% | 32.4K | 74.8 | ||||
| 2005 | 32.1K | 74.7 | |||||
| 2004 | 31.7K | 74.6 | |||||
| 2003 | 31.3K | 74.6 | |||||
| 2002 | 31K | 74.6 | |||||
| 2001 | 30.7K | 74.5 | |||||
| 2000 | 30.8K | 74.4 | |||||
| 1999 | 31K | 74.2 | |||||
| 1998 | 31.2K | 73.9 | |||||
| 1997 | 31.4K | 73.6 | |||||
| 1996 | 31.6K | 73.2 | |||||
| 1995 | 31.8K | 72.8 | |||||
| 1994 | 31.9K | 72.6 | |||||
| 1993 | 32K | 72.5 | |||||
| 1992 | 31.6K | 72.4 | |||||
| 1991 | 30K | 72.4 | |||||
| 1990 | 28.1K | 72.4 | |||||
| 1989 | 26.2K | 72.4 | |||||
| 1988 | 24.4K | 72.5 | |||||
| 1987 | 22.6K | 72.4 | |||||
| 1986 | 20.9K | 72.4 | |||||
| 1985 | 19.3K | 72.4 | |||||
| 1984 | 17.7K | 72.3 | |||||
| 1983 | 16.1K | 72.1 | |||||
| 1982 | 14.6K | 72.0 | |||||
| 1981 | 13.3K | 71.9 | |||||
| 1980 | 12.4K | 71.8 | |||||
| 1979 | 11.7K | 71.8 | |||||
| 1978 | 11K | 72.0 | |||||
| 1977 | 10.4K | 72.1 | |||||
| 1976 | 9.72K | 72.3 | |||||
| 1975 | 9.09K | 72.3 | |||||
| 1974 | 8.49K | 72.2 | |||||
| 1973 | 7.92K | 72.1 | |||||
| 1972 | 7.38K | 71.7 | |||||
| 1971 | 6.89K | 71.3 | |||||
| 1970 | 6.41K | 70.9 | |||||
| 1969 | 5.95K | 70.2 | |||||
| 1968 | 5.5K | 69.6 | |||||
| 1967 | 5.07K | 69.0 | |||||
| 1966 | 4.66K | 68.5 | |||||
| 1965 | 4.28K | 68.0 | |||||
| 1964 | 3.92K | 67.8 | |||||
| 1963 | 3.58K | 67.5 | |||||
| 1962 | 3.26K | 67.1 | |||||
| 1961 | 2.97K | 66.7 | |||||
| 1960 | 2.71K | 66.4 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
Nearby economies in Latin America & Caribbean
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Martin (French part) · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Sint Maarten · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Venezuela
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)