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The first quarter inflation rate was 6.6 percent, and among the main contributors was a 12.3 percent rise in food and non-alcoholic beverages.  The main contributors to this increase were a 50.4 percent rise in the prices of tea, coffee, and ...

The Spring Labour Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) will begin on Sunday, 16th April 2023. The LFS seeks to collect data on employed and unemployed persons in the Cayman Islands, as well as those who are no...

For the Cayman Islands, the 2021 Human Development Index value was 0.877, which falls within the range of having a Very High Human Development Index of 0.80 and 1.0 based on the UNDP HDI Report 2021/2022. The HDI combines Gross National Income (G...

Labour market estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) Fall 2022 Report show the unemployment rate (the proportion of unemployed persons to the total labour force) at 2.1%. The total labour force increased by 18.3% to reach 57,582 persons. T...

The average CPI in 2022 was 126.1, an increase of 9.5 percent over the average CPI in 2021.  This represents an increase in the overall index, driven mainly by higher prices for housing and utilities; transport, clothing and footwear; food an...

Introduction The 2023 Household Budget Survey (HBS) provides a comprehensive source of information on the country’s household sector, particularly expenditure. Apart from a housing and population census, an HBS is the most significant statistical...

The Cayman Islands’ Compendium of Statistics 2021, released by the Economics and Statistics Office, is a comprehensive collection of statistics from various public and private sector data sources covering population, demographics, social and livin...

The Fall Labour Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) will begin on Sunday, 2nd October 2022. The LFS seeks to collect data on employed and unemployed persons in the Cayman Islands, as well as those who are not...

Economic activity in the Cayman Islands, as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms, is estimated to have increased by 3.8% in the first three months of 2022. Indicators suggest that the growth in economic activity was broad-b...

The total value of merchandise imports increased for the second quarter of 2022 as the economy showed continued growth. Imports for the second quarter stood at $387.56 million, an increase of 25.2 percent, resulting from higher imports of both N...

Labour market estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) Spring 2022 show the unemployment rate (the proportion of unemployed persons to the total labour force) at 3.0%. The total labour force increased by 11.7% to reach 54,398 persons. The em...

Pent-up demand and robust growth in financial services led to an expansion in domestic output for the year 2021, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimated to have expanded by 1.8 percent. This was the highlight of The Cayman Islands’ Annual...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 12.1 percent in the second quarter of 2022 when compared to the same period in 2021. Eleven of the twelve CPI divisions recorded increases in average prices as education recorded a 0.6 percent decline. ...

Demographic Characteristics The total population in 2021 stood at 71,432, comprising 71,105 persons living in households or non-institutions and 327 persons living in institutions (including prisons and dormitories). The non-institutional popula...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods for the first quarter of 2022 stood at $334.9 million, an increase of 16.7 percent. This growth resulted from the rise in both non-petroleum and petroleum-related imports. Non-petroleum imports...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 11.2 percent in the first quarter of 2022 when compared to the same period in 2021. All twelve CPI divisions recorded increases in average prices. In the first quarter of 2022, the division housing and ...

The total value of the merchandise imports grew to $326.86 for the July to September 2021 quarter, an increase of 10.1 percent over the previous corresponding quarter, with non-petroleum and petroleum & petroleum-related imports growing by 5.4 per...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $1,281.9 million, recording an increase of 15.0 percent for 2021. This growth resulted from increases in both non-petroleum as well as petroleum-related imports. Non-petroleum imports ...

As measured by the real gross domestic product (GDP), economic activity in the Cayman Islands is estimated to have increased by 1.7% in the first nine months of 2021. Indicators suggest that the growth in economic activity was relatively broad-b...

The Spring Labour Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) will begin on Sunday, 1st May 2022. The LFS seeks to collect data on employed and unemployed persons in the Cayman Islands, as well as those who are not ...