Making it personal
The budget, per resident
Sint Maarten is 0 people. Split the whole national budget evenly and here is what it means for each of us — in spending, in what’s raised, and in the debt carried on our behalf.
Estimated live along the budget’s own path — from Cg 1,021,400,000 at the start of 2026 to a planned Cg 1,046,600,000 by year-end. It never exceeds the official year-end figure.
- Spending per residentCg 0what the state spends for you
- Revenue per residentCg 0what it raises from you
- Surplus per residentCg +0left over, on paper
- Debt per residentCg 0owed on your behalf
Where your share goes
Your share, line by line
- Police, courts & prisonCg 0that’s 53% of your total share
- The new GEBE generatorsCg 0that’s 35% of your total share
- A year of debt interestCg 0that’s 12% of your total share
In everyday terms
Your slice of the state
These are three concrete lines from the 2026 budget, divided evenly across 41,901 residents. They’re illustrations of scale — not a bill anyone actually pays.
Population · resident count of 41,901 from the Department of Statistics (STAT) 2022 Population & Housing Census — everyone living on Dutch Sint Maarten, not just those on the civil registry; the Dutch side only, excluding French Saint-Martin. The most recent official estimate is 42,449 (1 Jan 2025). Per-household figures apply the census average of 2.1 persons per household. Budget figures are machine-verified against the 2026 National Budget; dividing them evenly is an illustration, not each person’s actual bill.