Curaçao

  • Area: 444 square kilometers
  • Currency: Neth. Ant. Guilder (ANG) made up of 100 cents, US$ 1 = 1.8 ANG
  • Official language: Dutch
  • Population: 160,000
  • Head of State or Government: Eugene Rhuggenaath (Prime Minister)
  • GDP: $4.152 billion (2017)
  • GDP per capita: $20,049.9 (2017)
  • GDP growth: 0.3%
  • Inflation: 1.6%

About Curaçao

The island of Curacao, a constituent country of the Netherlands, is located in the Southern Caribbean Sea. Though a strong tourist destination, this country does not solely rely on tourism to support its economy as it possesses a strong oil refining company which lends itself to great regional and international export. Accordingly, petroleum exports account for 90% of Curacao’s external trade.