Sint Maarten

Key Data

General information:

• Constitutional status: constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Land area: 34 km2
• Exclusive Economic Zone: 499 km2
• Population: 42,577
• GDP per capita in 2009: 20,000 (current USD)
• CO2 eq emissions: 0.62 Mt/yr

Energy transition:

• Installed capacity in 2019: 899 MW
• Power generation in 2020: 372.7 GWh
• Renewable energy generation capacity: 1.5 MW
• Main energy policy(ies): National Energy Policy: Towards a sustainable development

Climate Change Resilience:

• Main climate change policy(ies): Sint Marteen National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2018 / National Disaster Management Plan 2018
• Area of marine protected areas: 8.63%
• Area of terrestrial protected areas: 0%