Between 2015 and 2019, Central Bureau of Statistics Curaçao (CBS) carried out two sub-surveys as part of a comprehensive survey of the housing market, namely a housing need survey and a housing count survey. These studies have provided information about essential characteristics of the demand and supply side of the housing market. From the knowledge acquired from these studies, an analyses has been done about another fundamental aspect of the housing market, namely whether there is a shortage or surplus of housing. On this page you can find information about all three aspects of the housing market.

Key figures

Developments on the housing market of Curaçao, in the period 2008/2017

Component
Variable
2008
2017
Increase/
Decrease
Increase/
Decrease percentage

Demand side

Housing 
Demand    

63.018

78.728

15.710

2.8% 
per annum

 Housing need21%26%55895.0 percent points
Supply sideHousing supply58.32171.03713.7162,6 per annum
 Housing vacancy8.0%4.0%18694.0 percent points
Confrontation demand and supplyHousing shortage7.4%***8.5%***22001.1 percent points