Quality of Life scored Satisfaction in the Cayman Islands at 82.9%

The Cayman Islands' Quality of Life (QOL) was assessed through a comprehensive survey, with the score standing at 82.9%. This represents a slight decrease of 0.7% from Spring 2024. The overall QOL score for Caymanians was 81.8%.

The most significant component, health and wellness, had a satisfaction score of 84.8%, while for Caymanians, it was 82.9%. This score emanated from the satisfaction score on health services and conditions, which was 80.9%; physical wellness, 81.6%; mental wellness, 84.4%; and spiritual wellness, 92.3%. The lowest component of health and wellness was the waiting time for services from public hospitals and clinics (70.9%), significantly impacted by the overall dissatisfaction, which was 23.0%. This waiting time for service dissatisfaction score among Caymanians was 27.0%.

Employment and job quality scored 80.6%, showing a slight improvement of 5.4% from the Spring 2024 survey. The Caymanian satisfaction score was 79.8%. This edition of the QOL report includes respondents' satisfaction with salary and benefit packages and career progression among employed persons, which has contributed to the overall improvement. Salary and benefit packages had an overall dissatisfaction rate of 21.3% and 22.9% among Caymanians.

Material Living Conditions score was influenced by an estimated 11.6% of households living in overcrowded housing, a higher number of families with bills in arrears, and more disconnection from household services influenced the 84.7% score in this section, lower than in the spring QOL by 3.9%. The score for Caymanians was slightly lower at 84.0%.

Economic and physical safety scored 85.7%, lower than the 86.5% in Spring 2024 but slightly higher than the 84.3% for Caymanians. Self-assessed poverty increased from 4.9% in Spring 2024 to 5.6% in Fall 2024, and food insecurity was rated higher at 6.8%, higher than 5.7% in Spring 2024. The physical security indicators in this QOL edition showed higher dissatisfaction with crime among Caymanians than all residents.

Leisure and social activities scored 80.7% based on work-life balance (76.4%) and social cohesion and connections (85.0%), which measures the interconnectedness of different social groups within the Cayman Islands, including loneliness. For Caymanians, the satisfaction score was 80.5%. The data suggest that approximately 27.4% of residents are lonely, with 24.0% among Caymanians.

Natural and living environment scored 75.4%, above the 70.4% in Fall 2024. This was due to the addition of significant new indicators to the section. The section comprised respondents' sentiments on new inclusions including environmental preservation, natural disasters and emergencies, household disaster preparedness and economic and social development. The economic and social development also included responses to development indicators, road transport and investment in human resource development. The scoring of Caymanian respondents was 74.1%, amidst strong dissatisfaction with most economic and social developmental indicators and some environmental preservation indicators.

For a more detailed understanding of 'The Cayman Islands’ Quality of Life Survey Report Fall 2024', please visit www.eso.ky.

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