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Cayman Islands places highest on Political Stability and Absence of Violence (top 2% worldwide) and lowest on Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (bottom 3%).
Cayman Islands in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Cayman Islands appears in 51 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and Cayman Islands is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
73,038
people
since 1950
Land area
240
km²
since 1961
GDP per person
80,997
international $, PPP
since 2006
Life expectancy
80.36
years at birth
since 1950
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About Cayman Islands
Key facts about Cayman Islands
- Capital
- George Town
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- Cayman Islands dollar (KYD)
- ISO code
- CYM · KY
- Domain · dialling
- .ky · +1345
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is Cayman Islands’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
78thof 147
From 2 of 3 key statistics
119thof 171
From 3 of 4 key statistics
169thof 193
From 2 of 3 key statistics
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for Cayman Islands’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for Cayman Islands in the table further down this page.
03Highs and lows
Where Cayman Islands stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Cayman Islands sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where Cayman Islands does best5
In the top third of all countries measured. 2 are within ten places of the best in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 6th
Position · derived 6th of 211 · 1.489 · 2025
world median 0.171 (better)
- 7thICT Goods Exportstop 5%
Position · derived 7th of 119 · 21.32 · 2024
world median 0.975 (better) · ▼ 4 pts since 2020
- Life Expectancy at Age 65top 13%
Position · derived 30th of 222 · 20.63 · 2023
world median 16.39 (better) · ▲ 10 pts since 2013
Position · derived 138th of 160 · 1 = worst · 110 · 2024
world median 4,750 (better) · ▼ 6 pts since 2021
- Voice and Accountabilitytop 14%
Position · derived 29th of 206 · 1.114 · 2025
world median -0.022 (better) · ▲ 16 pts since 2015
Where Cayman Islands struggles most5
In the bottom third of all countries measured. 3 are within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 9thGovernment Spending on Educationbottom 7%
Position · derived 115th of 123 · 1.57 · 2023
world median 3.709 (worse)
- 9thGovernment Funding per Primary Studentbottom 12%
Position · derived 60th of 68 · 9.914 · 2022
world median 17.81 (worse) · ▲ 3 pts since 2019
- 9thLiner Shipping Connectivity Indexbottom 3%
Rank 167th of 175 · 7.329 · 2026
world median 56.21 (worse)
Position · derived 167th of 190 · 4.225 · 2024
world median 35.66 (worse) · ▲ 6 pts since 2014
Position · derived 166th of 190 · 4.225 · 2024
world median 31.14 (worse) · ▲ 7 pts since 2014
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Cayman Islands can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04Over time
Which way it is moving
The published rank in widely quoted reports, edition by edition — each end with the size of that year’s field — and the statistics, not already named above, on which it has gained or lost the most ground.
Gaining ground
Where Cayman Islands has climbed against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Global Violent Deaths+24 pts since 2011
- Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generation+23 pts since 2014
Losing ground
Where Cayman Islands has slipped against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)-15 pts since 2014
- Secondary School Enrolment-11 pts since 2018
- Access to Electricity-8 pts since 2014
05In context
Cayman Islands and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
Cayman Islands has no land border with another country.
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- =63
Barbados - 66
Saint Lucia - 72
Dominican Republic - =74
Jamaica - 78
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 80
Antigua and Barbuda - 92
Trinidad and Tobago - 98
Grenada - 120
Cuba - 169
Haiti - —
Anguillanot placed - —
Arubanot placed - —
Bahamasnot placed - —
British Virgin Islandsnot placed - —
Cayman Islandsnot placed - —
Curaçaonot placed - —
Dominicanot placed - —
Montserratnot placed - —
Puerto Riconot placed - —
Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed - —
Saint Martinnot placed - —
Sint Maartennot placed - —
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed - —
United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
06The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Cayman Islands
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Governance & Institutions9
Central Bank Independence Indexbottom 5%0.301CBI index (0–1, where 1 is the most statutory independence)2023
bottom 5% of 191 countries measured
Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex · CBI index (0–1, where 1 is the most statutory independence)
Cayman Islands 0.301 · world median 0.608
Highest 0.974 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
▼ -2 percentile points since 2013
Control of Corruption59th of 211position · derived0.604Control of Corruption (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 28% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Control of Corruption (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 0.604 · world median -0.197 (better)
Best in the world 2.259 (Denmark)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2015
Government Effectiveness39th of 209position · derived1.062Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)2025
top 18% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)
Cayman Islands 1.062 · world median 0.101 (better)
Best in the world 2.092 (Singapore)
▲ +3 percentile points since 2015
Government Funding per Primary Student60th of 68position · derived9.914Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita)2022
bottom 12% of 68 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita)
Cayman Islands 9.914 · world median 17.81 (worse)
Best in the world 34.57 (South Korea)
▲ +3 percentile points since 2019
Government Spending on Education115th of 123position · derived1.57Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)2023
bottom 7% of 123 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Cayman Islands 1.57 · world median 3.709 (worse)
Best in the world 16.39 (Kiribati)
No real change since 2018
Regulatory Quality47th of 209position · derived0.673Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 22% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 0.673 · world median -0.093 (better)
Best in the world 2.113 (Singapore)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2015
Rule of Law40th of 211position · derived0.964Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 19% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 0.964 · world median -0.102 (better)
Best in the world 2.012 (Finland)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2015
Voice and Accountability29th of 206position · derived1.114Voice and Accountability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 14% of 206 countries measured
World Bank Group · Voice and Accountability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 1.114 · world median -0.022 (better)
Best in the world 1.825 (Norway)
▲ +16 percentile points since 2015
Economy & Innovation5
Container Port Traffic100th of 103position · derived46,658Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units)2024
bottom 3% of 103 countries measured
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units)
Cayman Islands 46,658 · world median 1,827,788
Highest 299,703,800 (China)
▼ -13 percentile points since 2014
Foreign Direct Investment Inflowstop 1%443.21FDI inflows (% of GDP)2025
top 1% of 202 countries measured
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · FDI inflows (% of GDP)
Cayman Islands 443.21 · world median 1.968
Highest 2,221 (British Virgin Islands)
No real change since 2015
ICT Goods Exports7th of 119position · derived21.32ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)2024
top 5% of 120 countries measured · 120 share 119 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Cayman Islands 21.32 · world median 0.975 (better)
Best in the world 61.45 (Hong Kong)
▼ -4 percentile points since 2020
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index167th of 175rank7.329LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)2026
bottom 3% of 167 countries measured · 167 share 175 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Cayman Islands 7.329 · world median 56.21 (worse)
Best in the world 1,319 (China)
No real change since 2016
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)180th of 180position · derived0Natural resources rents (% of GDP)2021
bottom 4% of 197 countries measured · 197 share 180 positions
World Bank Group · Natural resources rents (% of GDP)
Cayman Islands 0 · world median 1.708
Highest 61.03 (Libya)
No real change since 2011
Education & Knowledge5
Adult Literacy Rate33rd of 172position · derived98.87Adults 15+ who can read and write (%)2024
top 19% of 172 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%)
Cayman Islands 98.87 · world median 93.99 (better)
Best in the world 100 (3 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
Out-of-School Rate, Primary49th of 121position · derived · 1 = worst5.169Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)2024
bottom 40% of 121 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Cayman Islands 5.169 · world median 3.691 (worse)
Best in the world 0.004 (United Arab Emirates)
▲ +8 percentile points since 2018
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate32nd of 120position · derived87.01Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)2024
top 26% of 120 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)
Cayman Islands 87.01 · world median 65.93 (better)
Best in the world 99.85 (Moldova)
No real change since 2018
Secondary School Enrolment81st of 109position · derived84.76Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)2024
bottom 26% of 109 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)
Cayman Islands 84.76 · world median 93.19 (worse)
Best in the world 158.55 (Monaco)
▼ -11 percentile points since 2018
Youth Literacy Ratetop 41%98.9115–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)2024
top 41% of 174 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)
Cayman Islands 98.91 · world median 98.22 (better)
Best in the world 100 (6 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
Health & Wellbeing3
Global Violent Deaths98th of 206position · derived · 1 = worst4.4Violent deaths per 100,000 people2021
bottom 47% of 209 countries measured · 209 share 206 positions
Small Arms Survey · Violent deaths per 100,000 people
Cayman Islands 4.4 · world median 4.02 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (4 countries tied)
▲ +24 percentile points since 2011
Life Expectancy at Age 6530th of 222position · derived20.63Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates2023
top 13% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates
Cayman Islands 20.63 · world median 16.39 (better)
Best in the world 23.21 (Monaco)
▲ +10 percentile points since 2013
Life Expectancy at Birth49th of 222position · derived80.36Years a newborn would live at current death rates2023
top 22% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Cayman Islands 80.36 · world median 74.63 (better)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2013
Development & Human Capital1
Access to Electricitytop 28%100Population with electricity access (%)2024
top 28% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Cayman Islands 100 · world median 100
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2014
Environment & Sustainability9
Agricultural Land173rd of 209position · derived11.25Agricultural land (% of land area)2023
bottom 17% of 209 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Agricultural land (% of land area)
Cayman Islands 11.25 · world median 37.96
Highest 86.48 (Côte d’Ivoire)
No real change since 2013
Arable Land per Person198th of 206position · derived0.003Arable land (hectares per person)2023
bottom 4% of 206 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Arable land (hectares per person)
Cayman Islands 0.003 · world median 0.109
Highest 1.459 (Kazakhstan)
No real change since 2013
Carbon Intensity of Electricity41st of 193position · derived · 1 = worst632.39Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)2024
bottom 21% of 193 countries measured
Ember · Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
Cayman Islands 632.39 · world median 468.81 (worse)
Best in the world 23.49 (Ethiopia)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2014
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)bottom 49%2.768Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP)2024
bottom 49% of 192 countries measured
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP)
Cayman Islands 2.768 · world median 2.738 (worse)
Best in the world 0.666 (Chad)
▼ -15 percentile points since 2014
Forest Area44th of 210position · derived52.47Forest area (% of land area)2023
top 20% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
Cayman Islands 52.47 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
No real change since 2013
Internal Displacements by Disaster138th of 160position · derived · 1 = worst110New displacements by disaster (people)2024
top 14% of 160 countries measured
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) · New displacements by disaster (people)
Cayman Islands 110 · world median 4,750 (better)
Best in the world 1 (Serbia)
▼ -6 percentile points since 2021
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity Generation167th of 190position · derived4.225Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 14% of 193 countries measured · 193 share 190 positions
Ember · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated)
Cayman Islands 4.225 · world median 35.66 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (7 countries tied)
▲ +6 percentile points since 2014
Renewable Share of Electricity Generation166th of 190position · derived4.225Renewables (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 14% of 193 countries measured · 193 share 190 positions
Ember · Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Cayman Islands 4.225 · world median 31.14 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (7 countries tied)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2014
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity Generationbottom 43%4.225Wind and solar (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 43% of 193 countries measured
Ember · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated)
Cayman Islands 4.225 · world median 5.769 (worse)
Best in the world 69.12 (Denmark)
▲ +23 percentile points since 2014
Gender & Equality1
Sex Ratio at Birthbottom 19%103.6Male births per 100 female births2023
bottom 19% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Male births per 100 female births
Cayman Islands 103.6 · world median 105.1
Highest 116.3 (Liechtenstein)
No real change since 2013
Peace & Security2
Political Stability and Absence of Violence6th of 211position · derived1.489Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2025
top 2% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 1.489 · world median 0.171 (better)
Best in the world 1.563 (Andorra)
No real change since 2015
Refugees by Country of Originbottom 2%0Refugees under UNHCR's mandate from this country, end of year (people)2025
bottom 2% of 202 countries measured
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate from this country, end of year (people)
Cayman Islands 0 · world median 1,272
Highest 5,224,131 (Ukraine)
▼ -5 percentile points since 2015
Risk & Resilience2
Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylumbottom 15%15Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people)2025
bottom 15% of 177 countries measured
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people)
Cayman Islands 15 · world median 1,836
Highest 3,718,945 (United States)
▲ +3 percentile points since 2015
Refugee Population by Country of Asylumbottom 18%53Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people)2025
bottom 18% of 177 countries measured
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people)
Cayman Islands 53 · world median 12,269
Highest 2,655,191 (Germany)
▲ +8 percentile points since 2015
Mobility & Trade1
Net Migration Ratetop 7%12.61Net migrants per 1,000 population2023
top 7% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Net migrants per 1,000 population
Cayman Islands 12.61 · world median -0.133
Highest 39.62 (South Sudan)
No real change since 2013
Energy3
Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)bottom 44%0Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation)2024
bottom 44% of 193 countries measured
Ember · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation)
Cayman Islands 0 · world median 0
Highest 707.07 (Palestine)
No real change since 2014
Nuclear Share of Electricity Generationbottom 41%0Nuclear (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 41% of 183 countries measured
Ember · Nuclear (% of electricity generated)
Cayman Islands 0 · world median 0
Highest 67.4 (France)
No real change since 2014
Primary Energy Consumption per Capitatop 12%162.9Energy use per person (million Btu)2024
top 12% of 192 countries measured
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · Energy use per person (million Btu)
Cayman Islands 162.9 · world median 49.5
Highest 766.07 (Qatar)
▲ +5 percentile points since 2014
People & Population10
Crude Birth Ratebottom 41%11.84Births per 1,000 population2023
bottom 41% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Births per 1,000 population
Cayman Islands 11.84 · world median 13.79
Highest 46.36 (Central African Republic)
▲ +15 percentile points since 2013
Crude Death Ratebottom 9%4.801Deaths per 1,000 population2023
bottom 9% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Deaths per 1,000 population
Cayman Islands 4.801 · world median 7.303
Highest 25.58 (Vatican City)
No real change since 2013
Median Age of the Populationtop 29%37.88Median age (years)2023
top 29% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Median age (years)
Cayman Islands 37.88 · world median 31.52
Highest 59.63 (Vatican City)
No real change since 2013
Population Aged 65 and Overtop 49%8.541Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)2023
top 49% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 65 and over (%)
Cayman Islands 8.541 · world median 8.32
Highest 44.7 (Vatican City)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2013
Population Densitytop 19%303.06People per square kilometre of land2023
top 19% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · People per square kilometre of land
Cayman Islands 303.06 · world median 96.92
Highest 26,145 (Monaco)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2013
Population Growth Ratetop 23%1.966Population growth (% per year)2023
top 23% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Population growth (% per year)
Cayman Islands 1.966 · world median 0.888
Highest 5.862 (South Sudan)
▼ -3 percentile points since 2013
Population Under Age 15bottom 23%16.29Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)2023
bottom 23% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Share of the total population aged 0–14 (%)
Cayman Islands 16.29 · world median 22.71
Highest 49.17 (Central African Republic)
No real change since 2013
Sex Ratio of the Total Populationtop 28%100.86Males per 100 females2023
top 28% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Males per 100 females
Cayman Islands 100.86 · world median 98.48
Highest 251.08 (Qatar)
▲ +23 percentile points since 2013
Total Dependency Ratiobottom 3%33.04People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–642023
bottom 3% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–64
Cayman Islands 33.04 · world median 54.73
Highest 105.18 (Central African Republic)
No real change since 2013
Total Fertility Ratebottom 30%1.531Live births per woman2023
bottom 30% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Live births per woman
Cayman Islands 1.531 · world median 1.962
Highest 6.132 (Somalia)
▲ +20 percentile points since 2013
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include Cayman Islands. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Academic Freedom Index
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Agricultural Emissions
- Agricultural Irrigated Land
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · last seen 2005
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Civic Space Ratings
- Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN)
- Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)
- CO₂ Emissions per Capita
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Completeness of Birth Registration
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Deaths in Organized Violence
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Deliberative Democracy Index
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports · last seen 2023
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Egalitarian Democracy Index
- Employment in Agriculture
- Employment in Industry
- Employment in Services
- Employment-to-Population Ratio
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Expected Years of Schooling
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · last seen 2020
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Labour Force Participation Rate
- Female Share of Researchers
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · last seen 2020
- Firms with a Bank Loan or Line of Credit
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index
- GDP Growth · last seen 2024
- GDP per Capita (PPP) · last seen 2024
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption · last seen 2020
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- GNI per Capita (PPP) · last seen 2021
- Government AI Readiness Index
- Government Censorship of the Media
- Government Internet Shutdowns
- GovTech Maturity Index
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)
- Harmonized Test Scores
- Household Consumption
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- ICT Services Exports · last seen 2023
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · last seen 2020
- Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary · last seen 2008
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Income Share Held by Richest 10%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- Infant Mortality Rate
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index
- Labour Force Participation Rate
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Learning Poverty
- Learning-Adjusted Years of School
- Liberal Democracy Index
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Maternal Mortality Ratio
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Median Daily Income or Consumption per Person
- Military Dimension Index
- Mobile Phone Ownership
- ND-GAIN Country Index
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Open Data Inventory
- Organic Agricultural Area
- Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary · last seen 2008
- Palma Ratio
- Participatory Democracy Index
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Political Corruption Index
- Political Violence by Non-State Actors
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount at National Poverty Lines
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Research and Development Spending
- Researchers per Million Inhabitants
- RISE Energy Efficiency Policy Score
- RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score
- School Life Expectancy · last seen 2008
- Self-Employment Rate
- Short-Term Share of External Debt
- Smartphone Ownership
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Societal Poverty Rate
- State Authority over Territory
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All Products · last seen 2021
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · last seen 2008
- Trade (% of GDP) · last seen 2020
- Trade Union Density
- Under-Five Mortality Rate
- Unemployment Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment · last seen 2015
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Vulnerable Employment
- Water Stress
- Water Withdrawal by Sector
- Women, Business and the Law
- Women's Political Empowerment Index
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- World Risk Index
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training
- Youth Unemployment Rate
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- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Cayman Islands can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 12 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of Cayman Islands on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Cayman Islands: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cayman-islands