International Rankings of Cayman Islands 2022, 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	5	49	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	177	3200	2020
Internet users - percent of population	26	81 %	2020
Internet users - total	182	53233	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	7	55	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	152	36000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	18	152	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	179	100000	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	172	766.600 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	167	874.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	7	4.8 % of GDP	0
Exports	36	4.130 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	177	2.250 billion US Dollars	2008
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	31	65.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	83	14.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	97	62.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	133	64.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	71	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	140	0.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	155	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	64	2.2 %	2017
Labor force	184	39000 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	125	1.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	70	19.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	20	79 %	2008
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	200	N/A US Dollars	2022
Real GDP per capita	153	N/A US Dollars	2022
Taxes and other revenues	45	38.9 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	98	11.4	2015
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	63	16.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	78	13.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	168	808000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	158	655.165 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	165	174000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	163	40.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	12	97.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	45	2.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	25	175.578 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	161	5500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	165	4285 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	177	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - methane emissions	176	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	182	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2022
Land use - agricultural land	156	11.2	2018
Land use - arable land	143	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	36	52.9	2018
Land use - other	57	35.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	108	8.3	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	176	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	167	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - industrial	159	N/A cubic meters	2022
Total water withdrawal - municipal	170	N/A cubic meters	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	102	1.13	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	111	60000 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	104	12600 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	35	21 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	193	264 sq km	0
Area - total	193	264 sq km	0
Area - water	164	0210 sq km	0
Coastline	125	160 km	0
Elevation - highest point	162	150 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	147	N/A meters	2022
Irrigated land	153	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	156	11.2	2018
Land use - arable land	143	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	36	52.9	2018
Land use - other	57	35.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	59	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	108	8.3	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	145	11.86	3675
Age structure - 25-54 years	75	41.37	3140
Age structure - 55-64 years	10	14.78	4755
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	148	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	132	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	164	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Birth rate	143	11.69 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	127	5.97 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	94	10.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	71	9.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	167	32.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	156	22.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	22	97.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	2022
Drinking water source - total	76	2.6 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	40	2.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	63	2.1 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	147	6.01 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	136	9.26 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	141	7.65 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	22	84.79 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	29	79.35 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	24	82.04 years	0
Literacy - female	118	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	103	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	112	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	113	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2022
Median age - female	40	41.2 years	2020
Median age - male	31	39.7 years	0
Median age - total	34	40.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	5	12.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	N/A %	2022
Physicians density	154	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	191	64309	2022
Population growth rate	43	1.83 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	31	95.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	2022
Sanitation facility access - total	87	4.4 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	62	4.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	27	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	27	0.7 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	93	1.82 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	102	1.13	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	98	11.4	2015
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	63	16.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	78	13.8	0
Transportation
Airports	117	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2012
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	67	160	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	124	785 km	2007
Roadways - total	143	785 km	2007
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cayman Islands 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cayman Islands 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.