Aruba vs Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Aruba and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) compared on 7 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Aruba has about 2.5 times as many people as Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 108,785 against 43,923 in 2025.
• GDP per person in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) ($42,978 in 2025) is 11% higher than in Aruba ($38,591 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Aruba (6.8% in 2024) than in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (3.4% in 2025), a difference of 3.4 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Aruba (4.3% in 2019) than in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (2.2% in 2017), a difference of 2.1 percentage points.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Aruba (76.5 years) and Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (76.5 years) in 2024.
• The population of Sint Maarten (Dutch part) is older: half of its people are over 41.6 years, against 41 years in Aruba in 2023.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (8.8%) than in Aruba (2.7%), a difference of 6.1 percentage points in 2024.