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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2021)		66^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		277.1^a
Capital city		George Town
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		34.9^c
Surface area (km2)		264^b
National currency		Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		0.8^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	4 277	4 785	6 020^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-2.7	2.8	3.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	75 460.8	77 517.7	92 692.4^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	0.3	0.4	0.4^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	7.4	7.4	7.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h (% of GVA)	92.2	92.2	91.9^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	0.6	0.8^j	...
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	14.9	15.5^j	...
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	84.2	83.6^j	...
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.7	6.3^j	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	80.6 / 88.0^i,k,l	80.6 / 85.6^j	... / ...
CPI: Consumer Price Index^m (2010=100)	100	104	115^b
International trade: exportsⁿ (million current US$)	24	65	22^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	828ⁿ	915	1 337^n,d
International trade: balanceⁿ (million current US$)	-804	-851	- 1 315^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	...	...	-582^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^o (average annual %)	2.8	1.7	1.3^d
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100	100^b
Urban population growth rate^o (average annual %)	2.6	1.5	...
International migrant stock^p,q (000/% of total pop.)	24.1 / 42.5	26.2 / 42.4	29.2 / 44.5^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0^r	0.1	0.1^d
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.8 / 98.9^s	88.4 / 86.7^j	86.1 / 89.1^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	84.1 / 76.5^s	84.4 / 82.8^j	77.6 / 76.5^c
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	81.4 / 71.2^s	74.3 / 73.9^j	71.2 / 72.6^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	15.9	8.2^t	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internetⁿ (per 100 inhabitants)	66	77	81.1^u
Threatened species (number)	34	71	93
Forested areaⁿ (% of land area)	53	53	53.4^c
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	141	130	136^c
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^v (000)	288	385	503^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	31.7	32.5	32.5^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2018
d		2020
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Excludes publishing activities.
g		Includes irrigation canals.
h		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Break in the time series.
j		2013
k		Resident population (de jure).
l		2009
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
n		Estimate.
o		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
p		Including refugees.
q		Refers to foreign citizens.
r		Data as at the end of December.
s		2008
t		2014
u		2017
v		Arrivals by air.