Status verified as of 22 September 2026. Political positions change; this explainer describes the documented position on that date.
Current position
Curaçao remains an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a status achieved in 2010. No active independence campaign is documented in the sources reviewed.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: A non-binding referendum held on Curaçao on 15 May 2009 recorded 52% support for the move to self-governing status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; this change took effect on 10 October 2010 with the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, making Curaçao (together with Sint Maarten) an autonomous country within the Kingdom, a status similar to Aruba's, while none of the former Netherlands Antilles islands chose full independence.
- Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles (Wikipedia) link, 2009 referendum and 2010 dissolution section. Source record
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