The consumer price index for Sint Maarten has increased in the month of October 2012 by 1.2 percent compared to that of August 2012

The Department of Statistics (STAT) has released preliminary results of the Census 2011. During the 2011 Census, which was conducted in April of that year, enumerators went house to house and interviewed the population of St. Maarten. Questions that were asked related to the household (composition, building material, language spoken, amenities available, nuisances experienced) and personal characteristics such as demography and migration, health, fertility, education, labour and income.

The consumer price index for Sint Maarten has decreased in the month of August 2012 by 0.3 percent compared to that of June 2012.
When comparing average consumer prices over a twelve month period (Aug. 2011 to Aug. 2012), an increase of 4.7 percent was recorded compared to the same period one year earlier. The rate of inflation has shown steady growth since April 2011; reaching an all-time high of 5.5 percent in April of this year. However as of June contraction in the rate of inflation was observed; recorded rates of 5.2 and 4.7 for June and August respectively. Nevertheless, price inflation of the food expenditure category continued to climb at an alarming rate of 14 percent in August 2012.

The consumer price index for Sint Maarten has decreased in the month of June 2012 by 0.6 percent compared to that of April 2012.

When comparing average consumer prices over a twelve month period (Jun. 2011 to Jun. 2012), an increase of 5.2 percent was recorded compared to the same period one year earlier. The rate of inflation has shown steady growth since April 2011; reaching an all-time high of 5.5 percent in April of this year. However June 2012 (5.2%) has shown a slight contraction in the rate of inflation.