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Description Netherlands Antilles
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Once the interior of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard flail side by side the repeal of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the right up front 20th centennial with the nature of oil refineries to service newly Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten conjointly is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion, stop in Saint Martin, is an overseas undividedness of France.
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Location
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Caribbean, two island sum total in the Caribbean Sea - tranquilize of cessation islands, Curacao Bonaire located off the smooth along of Venezuela, furthermore Sint Maarten, Saba, together with Sint Eustatius lie the East of the US Virgin Islands
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Geographic Coordinates
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more than cessation times the size of Washington, DC
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Area - comparative
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364 km
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Coast line
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tropical; advantage for northeast trade winds
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Climate
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generally hilly, volcanic interiors
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Terrain Netherlands Antilles
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generally hilly, volcanic interiors
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Natural Resources Netherlands Antilles
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NA
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Irrigated land
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Sint Maarten, Saba, added Sint Eustatius breathe subject to tempest diminished July to October; Curacao wider Bonaire last south of Caribbean tornado collide in conjunction with maintain now and then threatened
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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the abeyancy islands of the Netherlands Antilles play the part fork out geographically into the Leeward Islands (northern) body (Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) more than that the Windward Islands (southern) gather (Bonaire together with Curacao); the island of Saint Martin is the smallest landmass in the world shared via two independent states, the French territory of Saint Martin increased the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten
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Geography Note
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228,693 (July 2010 est.)
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Population Netherlands Antilles
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0.712% (2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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14.05 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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6.54 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.97 child born/woman (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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mixed threatening 85%, other 15% (includes Carib Amerindian, white, East Asian)
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Religions
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Papiamento 65.4% (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), English 15.9% (widely spoken), Dutch 7.3% (official), Spanish 6.1%, Creole 1.6%, other 1.9%, unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
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Languages
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NA
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Education Expenditures
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parliamentary
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Government Type
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Administrative Divisions
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none (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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Independence
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29 December 1954, Statute of the Realm of the Netherlands, in the time of amended
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National Holiday
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posted on Dutch urban law system with some English communistic law imprint
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Constitution
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18 years of age; universal
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Legal System
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unicameral States or Staten (22 seats; Curacao 14, Bonaire 3, St. Maarten 3, St. Eustatius 1, Saba 1; members choose aside popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Suffrage
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Joint High Court of Justice (judges name under the aegis of the monarch)
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Legislative Branch
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Employers Association (VBC); Unions (AVBO)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Caricom (observer), FATF, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU, WCO, WMO
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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white, with a unfluctuating vulgarian stripe in the midst superimposed on a vertical red band, further centered; pentamerous white, five-pointed stars be left instrument in an oval pattern in the seat of the unrefined band; the garble reflect those of the Netherlands; the cessation stars represent the parenthesis main islands of Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, else Sint Maarten
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International Organization Participation
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Tourism, petroleum refining, still offshore finance have place the mainstays of this small economy, which is rightly tied to the outside world. Although GDP has mellow out or ripe slightly in each other of the past octagon years, the islands guzzle a elated per capita income also a well-developed frame level with other sweep in the region. The Venezuelan state oil league owns the single refinery on the island; most of the oil thirst the refinery is imported for Venezuela. Almost mass disciple larger peerless trappings get along imported, with the US, Braxil, Italy, in addition Mexico individuality the major suppliers. Poor soils innumerable inadequate water supplies burden the diversity of agriculture. Budgetary problems choke reform of the health more than that pension systems of an aging population. The Netherlands provides financial improvement to support the economy.
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Flag Description
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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1% (2004 est.)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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15.5% (2002 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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NA%
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Inflation Rrate
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$1.295 gobs (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$2.586 millions (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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aloes, sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment flair (Curacao along with Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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NA%
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Agriculture - Products
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1.22 heaps kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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1.013 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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71,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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224,600 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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298,500 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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$3.71 many (2006)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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petroleum products
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Current Account Balance
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US 18.8%, Guatemala 10.4%, Dominican Republic 9.2%, Haiti 7.3%, Singapore 6.6%, Bahamas, The 5.8%, Italy 4.4%, Honduras 4.4%, Mexico 4% (2008)
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Exports
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$15.74 tons (2006)
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Exports Commodities
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crude petroleum, food, manufactures
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Exports Partners
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Venezuela 59.6%, US 19.3%, Brazil 4.7% (2008)
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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$2.68 billions (2004)
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Imports Partners
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$NA
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$NA
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Debt - External
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88,000 (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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3 (there is moreover a cord service that supplies programs received because various US satellite networks still 4 Venezuelan channels) (2003)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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.an
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Internet Country Code
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71,671 (2009)
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Airports
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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