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Saint-Martin's economy in 2025: tourism up, jobs steady, according to IEDOM and ITSEE

IEDOM's 2025 report for Saint-Martin shows tourist numbers up 15.7% and cruise passengers landed up 16.6%, with private-sector jobs rising; ITSEE figures reported by Le97150 point the same way.

By SXM Daily ·

Tourism kept growing in Saint-Martin in 2025 while the job market held steady, according to IEDOM's 2025 annual economic report for the French side. Figures from the territory's statistics institute, ITSEE, point the same way, although the two sources' numbers differ slightly.

Marigot and its bay seen from above, with boats at anchor

Illustrative: Marigot and its bay. Photo: Paul Sableman / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

According to IEDOM, tourist numbers (fréquentation touristique) rose 15.7% in 2025, after 7.4% in 2024. Cruise passengers landed rose 16.6%, with an increase of 122.8% on the French side and 16.3% on the Dutch side. IEDOM puts the rise in passengers at Grand-Case airport at 2.4%, after 1.4% in 2024. By IEDOM's count, the private sector had 8,119 employees at the end of 2025 (up 5.3%), and 85% of them worked in services. IEDOM gives unemployment as 27.0% of the active population in 2023, down from 28.8% in 2022.

On the banking side, IEDOM reports financial assets of €536.2 million (up 0.4%) and outstanding loans of €518.6 million (up 7.1%). Investment loans make up 58.6% of business credit, and housing loans make up 80.1% of household credit.

According to ITSEE figures reported by Le97150, Grand Case airport handled 7,046 flights (up 9%) and 214,125 passengers (up 3%) in 2025. ITSEE recorded 2,676 port calls (up 10%); that figure covers all calls at the port, not only cruise ships. ITSEE's figures also show tax revenue of €140 million (up 3%), 5,083 job seekers (stable), 8,116 private-sector jobs (up 5%) and 1,447 new businesses (up 12%).

The two sources do not match exactly: IEDOM gives a 2.4% rise in Grand Case passengers and 8,119 private-sector jobs (up 5.3%), while ITSEE's figures give a 3% rise and 8,116 jobs (up 5%).

Sources

  • https://www.iedom.fr/IMG/pdf/infographie_rapport_annuel_economique_saint-martin_2025.pdf
  • https://www.le97150.fr/en/economy/saint-martin-in-2025-the-figures-behind-a-mixed-economic-picture

Source: https://www.iedom.fr/IMG/pdf/infographie_rapport_annuel_economique_saint-martin_2025.pdf