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In view of the latest situation concerning the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and to comply with the Government’s directive announced on March 24th: Our office will be closed from March 25th 2020 and will reopen April 6th 2020. During this closure, we wi...

Economic activity in the Cayman Islands as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms is estimated to have grown by 3.1% in the first six months of 2019. The strong economic performance was contributed by all major sectors with t...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 6.0 percent in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. All twelve CPI divisions recorded increases. In the third quarter of 2019, the division housing and utilities recorded the highes...

The Cayman Islands’ System of National Accounts Report 2018 which presents the economic performance of the Islands using the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is released today. The GDP estimate for 2018 which is based on data collected from business...

The Cayman Islands’ Balance of Payments (BOP) and International Investment Position (IIP) Report 2018 shows the statistical summaries of the economic and financial transactions between residents of the Cayman Islands and the rest of the world. The...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $329.18 million, recording an increase of 28.8 percent for the third quarter of 2019. This growth resulted from increases in both non-petroleum and petroleum-related imports. Non-petro...

The average annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 5.7 percent in 2019 when compared to a year ago. There were increases in all quarters throughout 2019: 4.5 percent in the first quarter, followed by 3.8 percent, 6.0 percent, and 8.4 percent in...

The Spring Labour Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) will begin on Sunday, 8th March 2020. The LFS seeks to collect data on employed and unemployed persons in the Cayman Islands, as well as those who are no...

The Consumer Price Index in Cayman rose by 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. Most of the CPI divisions recorded increases except Transport and Miscellaneous Good and Services.  This represents an i...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $274.75 million, recording an increase of 10.4 percent for the second quarter of 2019. This growth resulted from the increase in both non-petroleum and petroleum-related imports. Non-p...

Economic activity in the Cayman Islands as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms is estimated to have grown by 3.0% in the first three months of 2019. Indicators show that the economic performance was broad-based, led by exp...

Estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) Fall 2018 show the unemployment rate (the proportion of unemployed persons to total labour force) at 3.0%. It is lower when compared to the unemployment rates in Spring 2018 (3.4%) but slightly higher t...

ON THE OCCASION OF THE ELEVENTH OBSERVANCE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICS DAY 15 OCTOBER 2019

Compendium of Statistics 2018 Released The Cayman Islands’ Compendium of Statistics 2018 released by the Economics and Statistics Office is a comprehensive collection of statistics from various public and private sector data sources covering popu...

The Consumer Price Index in Cayman rose by 4.5 percent in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018. Most of the CPI divisions recorded increases except Transport and Miscellaneous Good and Services.  This represents an in...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $271.34 million, recording an increase of 11.2 percent for the first quarter of 2019.  This increase resulted from the growth in both non-petroleum and petroleum-related impo...

Driven by solid performances in construction, tourism and financial services, the Cayman Islands’ economy recorded strong growth in 2018, with the estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rising by 3.3 percent. This was the highlight of The Ca...

In 2018, the total value of goods imported into the Cayman Islands increased by 15.7% to reach CI$1,058.6 million, compared to imports of $914.8 million recorded in 2017. The total value of imported non-petroleum products rose to CI$922.3 milli...

The Economics and Statistics Office released today the Occupational Wage Survey 2017 Report.  The Occupational Wage Survey (OWS) was conducted across all types of businesses from October 2017 to February 2018, and among a sample of households...

The Consumer Price Index in Cayman rose by 1.7% in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017. This represents a further slowing of the inflation rate from the peak of 4.8% in the second quarter and 3.5% in the third quarter. T...