Bank concentration in Curacao
Curacao: Bank concentration was 88.4% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank concentration in Curacao, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, bank concentration in Curacao stood at 88.4%.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank concentration in Curacao peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 63.2%, in 2003.
That places Curacao 41st out of 170 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Bank concentration in Curacao, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 100.0% | — |
| 2002 | 86.7% | -13.3% |
| 2003 | 63.2% | -27.1% |
| 2004 | 68.1% | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 66.9% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 68.9% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 85.4% | +23.9% |
| 2008 | 94.9% | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 97.9% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 97.2% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 84.8% | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 86.3% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +15.9% |
| 2015 | 89.6% | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 89.8% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 90.7% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 90.5% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 89.1% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 89.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 88.4% | -1.1% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 88.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 73.1%, 1.2× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 88.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.8%, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank concentration in Curacao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -27.1% | 86.7% | 63.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.6% | 63.2% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 91.6% | 84.8% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.9% | 88.4% | 89.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More financial sector data for Curacao
- Net migration, annual growth rate -8.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Net migration 470 (2025)
- Official exchange rate 1.79 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- GDP deflator: linked series 133.65 base year varies by country (2024)
- Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series 3.3% (2024)
- GDP deflator: linked series (base year varies by country), annual 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Reserve assets 1.32 billion US dollar (2021)
- Banking crisis dummy 0 1=banking crisis, 0=none (2017)
- Total assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records 7.43 billion US dollar (2021)
- Consumer price index 115.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank concentration in Curacao?
- Bank concentration in Curacao was 88.4% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank concentration recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest bank concentration recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.2% in 2003.
- How does Curacao rank for bank concentration?
- Curacao ranks 41st out of 170 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank concentration rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank concentration (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.