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The Cayman Islands’ Compendium of Statistics 2019 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 living ...

The Population and Housing Census for 2020 conducted by the Economics and Statistics Office (ESO)  initially scheduled for October 2020 has been postponed to October 2021. The exact date in 2021 is yet to be decided. The ESO is committed to...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $1,183.3 million, recording an increase of 13.5 percent for 2019. This growth resulted from increases in both non-petroleum as well as petroleum-related imports. Non-petroleum imports ...

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $288.18 million, an increase of 6.8 percent for the first quarter of 2020. This increase resulted from the growth in both non-petroleum and petroleum-related imports. Non-petroleum imp...

Labour market estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) Fall 2019 show the unemployment rate (the proportion of unemployed persons to the total labour force) at 3.5%. The total labour force increased by 6.3% to reach 49,089 persons. The emplo...

Economic indicators supported robust economic growth in the first nine months of 2019. Economic activity in the Cayman Islands as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms is estimated to have grown by 3.4% in the review period. ...

Cayman Islands Economic Assessment

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 3.0 percent in the first quarter 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019. All twelve CPI divisions recorded increases. In the first quarter of 2020, the division clothing and footwear recorded the high...

The input-output (I-O) table of the economy presents a comprehensive and detailed outline of the sales and purchases of goods and services among producing industries and final consumers during a particular period of time. One key feature of input-...

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...