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Driven by solid performances in tourism, construction and financial services, the Cayman Islands’ economy recorded strong growth in 2017, with the estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rising by 2.9 percent. This was the highlight of The Ca...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $248.22 million for the first quarter of 2018. Importation of both non-petroleum and petroleum-related imports grew, compared to the first quarter of 2017. Non-petroleum imp...

In 2017, the total value of goods imported into the Cayman Islands increased by 2.7% to reach CI$876.0 million, compared to $852.6 million recorded in 2016. The growth in the value of imports was largely driven by higher petroleum imports, whic...

  The Current State of Cayman’s Economy

Staff from the Economics and Statistics Office will be in various communities across all districts starting Tuesday, May 29th 2018 collecting basic housing information necessary to update the ESO’s Household Register. The Household Regist...

The Cayman Islands total labour force reached 42,941 persons as at end December 2017, growing by 1.8 percent or 745 persons compared to the same period in 2016. The labour force comprised of 20,774 Caymanians (48.4% of the total), 4,348 Permane...

The Spring Labour Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) begins on Sunday, 15 April 2018. The LFS seeks to collect data on employed and unemployed persons in the Cayman Islands, as well as those who are not in...

The Economics and Statistics Office will commence its annual business surveys for measuring the economic performance of industries in the Cayman Islands for 2017. The survey will begin on April 9, 2018. Survey forms will be hand-delivered, mailed ...

Economic activity in the Cayman Islands as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 2.4% in the first nine months of 2017. Indicators show that the economic performance in these Islands for the first nine month...

The average annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.9 percent in 2017 when compared to a year ago. There were increases in all quarters throughout 2017: 1.4 percent in the first quarter, followed by 2.8 percent, 1.4 percent, and 2.1 percent in...

The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) was higher by 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2017 when compared to the same quarter in 2016. This estimate is based on the results of price surveys by the Economic and Statistics Office using the new CPI...

The Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) has commenced the conduct of the Occupational Wage Survey (OWS) 2017 among businesses and government departments. Beginning on Thursday (November 16th), trained ESO survey workers will be administering the...

The ESO hosted the 42nd Meeting of the Caribbean Statisticians’ Standing Committee, the 27th Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee, and the 10th Regional Statistical Research Seminar on October 23rd to 27th, 2017. The Meeting...

Some 50 statisticians representing 21 countries and international organisations are this week attending three different meetings in the Cayman Islands for the first time. Held at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort, the conference is compris...

In an effort to assist the Ministry of Human Resources in establishing a comprehensive human resource (HR) baseline database, the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) will commence on Wednesday (October 18th) the conduct of the Occupational Wage ...

The Cayman Islands total labour force reached 43,545 persons as at end June 2017, representing an increase of 1,290 persons or 3.1 percent from the same period in 2016. Of the total labour force, 41,764 persons or 95.9 percent were employed whi...

The average prices of goods and services in the Cayman Islands, as estimated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased by 2.2% in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. The largest contributor to the increase in the ...

Economic activity in the Cayman Islands as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 2.0% in the first quarter of 2017. Indicators show that the first quarter economic performance was broad-based. The major sect...

The Cayman Islands’ Compendium of Statistics 2016 was released today by the Economics and Statistics Office. The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of statistics from various public and private sector data sources covering population, ...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of petroleum and petroleum-related products grew in the second quarter by 6.1% to reach $26.84 million. This was driven by an increase in the average price of fuel. There was also an overall increa...