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 169 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.
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 |
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More financial sector data for Curacao
- Official exchange rate 1.79 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 470 (2025)
- GDP deflator: linked series 133.65 base year varies by country (2024)
- Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series 3.3% (2024)
- Banking crisis dummy 0 1=banking crisis, 0=none (2017)
- Consumer price index 115.53 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Remittance inflows to GDP 5.2% (2020)
- Loans from nonresident banks (amounts outstanding) to GDP 211.4% (2020)
- Bank Z-score 11.01 (2021)
- Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding 42.9% (2021)
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 169 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.