Cost of Living inPhilipsburg, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
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Income Category
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
International and private school tuition + curriculum mix for relocating families.
International & private schools
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Philipsburg. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Philipsburg is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Sint Maarten (Dutch part).
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedLow out-of-pocket burden help, but coverage looks thinner and doctor staffing is lighter.
Public care
LimitedRelatively low patient cost-sharing and a visible public hospital footprint help, but public coverage looks thinner and public funding looks lighter.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin, the private footprint is not very visible yet, and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
0/100
2025
Physicians
0.00/1k
2025
Hospital beds
0.00/1k
2025
Out of pocket
0%
2025
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
76.5 yrs
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedThe private footprint is still thin and price transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) · Source: Territory estimate (parent: NL) (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
About Philipsburg
Philipsburg is the capital of Sint Maarten, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with about 1,400 residents on the southern Dutch side of the divided Saint Martin island in the northeastern Caribbean. The local economy is overwhelmingly tourism-driven, with cruise traffic to one of the busiest cruise ports in the eastern Caribbean, the Princess Juliana Airport on the famous Maho Beach approach, the duty-free retail strip along Front Street, and offshore financial services. Dutch and English are both official languages, with English widely functional given the divided-island context. The climate is tropical with a hurricane-influenced wet season; Hurricane Irma in 2017 caused catastrophic damage to the island. Philipsburg suits relocators with specific tourism, aviation, or financial sector employment within the Dutch Caribbean legal framework.
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