Curacao — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Curacao, 2000–2024.
GDP per capita for Curacao was 22,833 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 15,841 in 2000 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.53% per year.
Curacao ranks 70 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so Curacao sits above it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 16%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 13 of 40 economies; Costa Rica (19,970) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 15% in 2020. That is 18% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 46 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 39th of 204 in 2000 → 59th of 212 in 2010 → 67th of 210 in 2020 → 63rd of 200 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 2000 to 2024
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22,832.9 | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 21,217.81 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 20,057.14 | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 17,795.58 | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 16,299.81 | -15.2% |
| 2019 | 19,220.69 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 19,119.12 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 18,938.24 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 18,944.1 | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 19,361.81 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 19,623.03 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 19,721.29 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 19,809.82 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 19,426.33 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 19,847.23 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 19,540.25 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 19,423.34 | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 18,005.72 | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 17,400.16 | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 17,032.34 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 16,671.34 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 16,695.74 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 16,723.69 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 16,609.85 | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 15,841.26 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Curacao’s GDP per capita in 2001?
16,609.85 (2001). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Curacao’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Curacao’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 2000 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +44.1% in total — about 1.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 22,832.9; 2023: 21,217.81; 2022: 20,057.14; 2021: 17,795.58; 2020: 16,299.81. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.