Capacity to deliver
The 57% Government
Behind every guilder is a person meant to spend it well — and right now, 0 budgeted government posts sit empty. Ministry by ministry, here is how thinly staffed the state that serves you really is.
- Justice0% · 0 of 0 filled · 0 empty
- General Affairs0% · 0 of 0 filled · 0 empty
- Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment & Infrastructure0% · 0 of 0 filled · 0 empty
- Finance0% · 0 of 0 filled · 0 empty
- Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecom0% · 0 of 0 filled · 0 empty
- Public Health, Social Development & Labor0% · 0 of 0 filled · 0 empty
- Education, Culture, Youth & Sport0% · 0 of 0 filled · 0 empty
The catch
Empty desks, a growing wage bill.
Salaries are already the single biggest cost in the budget — Cg 0M in 2026, set to climb to Cg 0M by 2029. Yet more than a thousand budgeted posts stay unfilled: the wage bill grows while the desks that deliver services to citizens stay empty. It is the capacity crisis behind almost every ministry’s own list of risks.
Personnel cost · 2026 → 2029
+Cg 0MSource · Explanatory Notes to the 2026 National Budget of Sint Maarten — per-ministry formation (establishment) and filled-position tables. Occupancy is filled ÷ budgeted posts; personnel cost is economic category 41.