Making it personal

The budget, per resident

Sint Maarten is 41,901 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.

Sint Maarten national debt · right now

Cg 1,038,477,006

that’s Cg 24,784 on every resident

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.

Everyone’s equal share

Spending per resident
Cg 15,203
what the state spends for you
Revenue per resident
Cg 15,441
what it raises from you
Surplus per resident
Cg +239
left over, on paper
Debt per resident
Cg 24,978
owed on your behalf

In everyday terms

Your share, line by line

A year of debt interest
Cg 621
per resident
The new GEBE generators
Cg 1,804
per resident
Police, courts & prison
Cg 2,721
per resident

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.

See your own share by income