International Rankings of Cayman Islands 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Cayman Islands, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Cayman Islands, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	13	42	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	149	24535	0
Internet users - percent of population	54	81.07 %	2018
Internet users - total	193	48328	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	13	54.85	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	164	33338	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	23	152.5	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	189	92691	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	177	766.600 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	171	874.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	7	4.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	182	2.250 billion US Dollars	2008
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	33	65.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	88	14.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	100	62.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	139	64.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	73	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	54	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	147	0.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	163	7.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	6	92.3 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	65	2.2 %	2017
Labor force	190	39000 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	132	1.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	73	19.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	21	79 %	2008
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	209	N/A US Dollars	2021
Real GDP per capita	198	N/A US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	47	38.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	173	643800	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	162	612.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	172	132000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	154	650.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	143	4400	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	169	4285 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	161	11.2	2018
Land use - arable land	150	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	39	52.9	2018
Land use - other	61	35.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	115	8.3	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A	2021
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	171	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - industrial	162	N/A cubic meters	2021
Total water withdrawal - municipal	174	N/A cubic meters	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	104	1.13	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	113	60000 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	106	12600 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	37	21 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	204	264 sq km	0
Area - total	203	264 sq km	0
Area - water	173	0210 sq km	0
Coastline	134	160 km	0
Elevation - highest point	174	150 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	150	N/A meters	2021
Irrigated land	148	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	161	11.2	2018
Land use - arable land	150	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	39	52.9	2018
Land use - other	61	35.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	115	8.3	2018
Total renewable water resources	179	N/A	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	153	11.86 %	3675
Age structure - 25-54 years	80	41.37 %	3140
Age structure - 55-64 years	10	14.78 %	4755
Birth rate	150	11.77 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	143	5.89 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	120	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	156	N/A %	2021
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	171	N/A %	2021
Drinking water source - improved	24	97.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	82	2.6 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	46	2.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	153	6.16 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	142	9.49 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	149	7.84 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	23	84.59 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	27	79.12 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	26	81.84 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	114	N/A	2021
Median age - female	41	41.2 years	2020
Median age - male	32	39.7 years	0
Median age - total	36	40.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	4	12.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	156	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2021
Population	198	63131	2021
Population growth rate	46	1.87 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	33	95.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	85	4.4 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	74	4.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	30	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.85 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	12	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	101	1.83 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	98	11.4	2015
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	62	16.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	81	13.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	104	1.13	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2021
Transportation
Airports	119	3	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	95	1	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2021
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	127	785 km	2007
Roadways - total	147	785 km	2007
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Cayman Islands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cayman Islands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cayman Islands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.