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Cayman Islands Economy:
With no direct taxation, the islands are a thriving offshore financial center. More than 40,000 companies were registered in the Cayman Islands as of 1998, including almost 600 banks and trust companies; banking assets exceed $500 billion. A stock exchange was opened in 1997. Tourism is also a mainstay, accounting for about 70% of GDP and 75% of foreign currency earnings. The tourist industry is aimed at the luxury market and caters mainly to visitors from North America. Total tourist arrivals exceeded 1.2 million in 1997, with 600,000 from the US. About 90% of the islands' food and consumer goods must be imported. The Caymanians enjoy one of the highest outputs per capita and one of the highest standards of living in the world.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$1.39 billion (2004 est.)
GDP — real growth rate:
1.7% (2002 est.)
GDP — per capita:
purchasing power parity: $32,300 (2004 est.)
GDP — composition by sector:
agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 3.2%
services: 95.4%
(1994)
Labor force:
19,820 (1995 est.)
Labor force — by occupation:
agriculture: 1.4%, industry: 12.6%, services: 86% (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate:
4.1% (1997 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.8% (2002 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $265.2 million
expenditures: $248.9 million including capital expenditures of NA (1997 est.)
Agriculture — products:
Vegetables, fruit; livestock, turtle farming
Industries:
tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction materials, furniture
Industrial production growth rate:
NA
Electricity — production:
410.8 million kWh (2002 est.)
Electricity — consumption:
382.1 million kWh (2002 est.)
Electricity — exports:
0 kWh (2002 est.)
Electricity — imports:
0 kWh (2002 est.)
Oil — production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil — consumption:
2,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil — exports:
NA
Oil — imports:
NA
Exports:
$1.2 million (1999 est.)
Exports — commodities:
turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
Exports — partners:
mostly US
Imports:
$457.4 million (1999 est.)
Imports — commodities:
foodstuffs, manufactured goods
Imports — partners:
US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Japan
Debt — external:
$70 million (1996 est.)
Economic aid — recipient:
NA
Currency:
Caymanian dollar (KYD)
Exchange rates:
Caymanian dollars per US$: 0.82 (29 October 2001 est.), 0.83 (3 November 1995 est.), 0.85 (22 November 1993 est.)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
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