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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		74^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		309^a,b
Capital city		George Town
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		34.9^d
Surface area (km2)		264^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		100.8^a,b
National currency		Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	4 708	5 647	6 281^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.8	-5.1	2^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	77 295.9	83 897.5	91 420.0^c
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	0.4	0.5	0.5^c
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	7.4	8.5	8.6^c
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	92.2	91	90.9^c
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	0.8^j,k	...	...
Employment in industry (% of employed)	15.5^j,k	...	...
Employment in services (% employed)	83.6^j,k	...	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.3^k	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	80.6 / 85.6^k	... / ...	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	104	116	136^e
International trade: exports (million current US$)	65^m	22	8^m,c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	915	1 335	1 538ⁿ
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-851	- 1 312	- 1 521ⁿ
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	...	-827	-821ⁿ

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	2.4	1.9	1.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100^o	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.5^p	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	1.3	1.6	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	80.6 / 75.7	81.8 / 76.8	83.0 / 78.2^a
Population age distribution^b,q (0-14/60+ years old, %)	17.7 / 9.9	16.5 / 11.9	16.2 / 14.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	26.2 / 42.4^r,s	29.2 / 44.5^r,s	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.1	0.1	0.4^e
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	2.9	2.1	1.5^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	...	2.1^o	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	116.8 / 95.6	88.9 / 99.7	76.6 / 102.0^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.7 / 98.3	123.7 / 88.5	118.4 / 93.2^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.2 / 91.5	103.2 / 81.6	115.2 / 87.3^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	8.4^t	4.5	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^m (per 100 inhabitants)	77	81.1^u	...
Threatened species (number)	71	83	109^e
Forested area (% of land area)	53^m	53^m	52.8ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.6 / 9.4	0.6 / 9.5	0.7 / 9.6ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	131	136	134ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^v (000)	385	122	284^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	32.5	32.5	32.5^e

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for United Kingdom do not include this area.
c		2022
d		2018
e		2023
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Break in the time series.
k		2013
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
m		Estimate.
n		2021
o		2019
p		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
q		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
r		Including refugees.
s		Refers to foreign citizens.
t		2014
u		2017
v		Arrivals by air.