WILLEMSTAD - The economy of Curaçao is supported by 45 percent of the population. This has emerged from research by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
That is considerably less than in 2019. More than 61,000 people had a job at that time, in 2020 it was almost 4,500 fewer at 57,000. One in five people is unemployed, says Statistics Netherlands. For young people, the figure is twice as high.
More than 42 percent of young people up to the age of 24 are unemployed. The figures are a bit biased because one-third of people who do work receive corona support.