International Rankings of Cayman Islands 2023, 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	184	3200	2020
Internet users - percent of population	28	81.1 %	2021
Internet users - total	197	55148	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	8	53	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	157	36000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	17	150	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	186	100000	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	180	766.600 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	173	874.500 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	7	4.8 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	131	763.556 million US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	2023
Exports	141	3.652 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	188	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	102	62.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	143	64.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	74	22.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	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	168	7.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	6	92.3 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	164	2.507 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	169	3.36 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	133	2 %	2017
Labor force	197	39000 US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	134	1.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	75	19.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	23	79 %	2008
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	195	N/A % of GDP	2023
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	181	4.599 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	151	1.84 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	11	67500 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	182	216.800 million US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	14	38.9 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	162	4 %	2008
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	115	11.4	2015
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	81	16.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	99	13.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	177	808000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	164	655.165 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	173	174000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	170	40.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	13	97.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	47	2.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	25	175.578 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	169	5500 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	176	4285 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	165	11.2	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	40	52.9	2018
Land use - other	64	35.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	117	8.3	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	105	1.13	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	115	60000 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	107	12600 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	37	21 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	211	264 sq km	0
Area - total	212	264 sq km	0
Area - water	182	0210 sq km	0
Coastline	142	160 km	0
Elevation - highest point	187	150 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	161	N/A sq km	0
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	165	11.2	2018
Land use - arable land	154	0.8	2018
Land use - forest	40	52.9	2018
Land use - other	64	35.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	117	8.3	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	156	11.62 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	116	51.4 %	2023
Death rate	138	6.06 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	103	10.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	72	9.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	178	32.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	167	22.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	23	97.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	2023
Drinking water source - total	79	2.6 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	42	2.6 % of population	0
Education expenditures	65	2.1 % of GDP	2019
Gross reproduction rate	79	0.9 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	158	5.87 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	142	9.04 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	154	7.47 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	23	84.98 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	29	79.57 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	25	82.25 years	0
Literacy - female	11	99 %	2021
Literacy - male	12	98.7 %	0
Literacy - total population	11	98.9 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	43	41.2 years	2020
Median age - male	35	39.7 years	0
Median age - total	37	40.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	6	12.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	0
Population	205	65483	2023
Population growth rate	47	1.79 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	31	95.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	92	4.4 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	64	4.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	27	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	101	1.82 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	105	1.13	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	115	11.4	2015
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	81	16.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	99	13.8	0
Transportation
Airports	120	3	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	97	11000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	75	139	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	131	785 km	2007
Roadways - total	165	785 km	2007
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cayman Islands 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cayman Islands 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.