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Cayman Islands places highest on Political Stability and Absence of Violence (top 2% worldwide) and lowest on Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (bottom 3%).
Cayman Islands in the Nations Inquiry Country Index
Cayman Islands appears in 25 of the statistics tracked here, but is not placed in the Country Index: the index needs a standing on three quarters of its topics, and Cayman Islands is measured on too few of them. Every published reading below is unaffected.
At a glance
Population
73,038
people
since 1950
Land area
240
km²
since 1961
GDP per person
80,997
international $, PPP
since 2006
Life expectancy
80.36
years at birth
since 1950
The newest published figure for each, the year it describes and who published it, with a line showing how it has moved.
01The country
About Cayman Islands
Key facts about Cayman Islands
- Capital
- George Town
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- Cayman Islands dollar (KYD)
- ISO code
- CYM · KY
- Domain · dialling
- .ky · +1345
As Wikidata records them. Official languages are the least consistent — some countries list only a national language, others every regional one. Sources and licences.
02Country Index 2026
Where it stands, topic by topic
Strongest first. Each position is Cayman Islands’s place among the countries with a standing on that topic, built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things.
78thof 147
From 2 of 3 key statistics
149thof 182
From 2 of 4 key statistics
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
No standing — Cayman Islands holds too few of this subject’s key statistics to be placed on it.
Each standing is built from a few key statistics chosen to measure different things. Select a subject for Cayman Islands’s readings on it, or see every statistic held for Cayman Islands in the table further down this page.
03Highs and lows
Where Cayman Islands stands out
The two ends of its own record: every statistic on which Cayman Islands sits within ten places of the best or worst in the world, plus its strongest and weakest readings overall. Each is turned into a percentile — its place among every country measured — which is what lets a hunger score and a press-freedom rank be compared at all.
Where Cayman Islands does best5
In the top third of all countries measured. 2 are within ten places of the best in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 5th
Position · derived 5th of 211 · 1.461 · 2024
world median 0.04 (better) · ▲ 6 pts since 2014
- 7thICT Goods Exportstop 5%
Position · derived 7th of 119 · 21.32 · 2024
world median 0.975 (better) · ▼ 4 pts since 2020
Position · derived 138th of 160 · 1 = worst · 110 · 2024
world median 4,750 (better) · ▼ 6 pts since 2021
- Government Effectivenesstop 15%
Position · derived 32nd of 209 · 1.184 · 2024
world median 0.01 (better) · ▲ 2 pts since 2014
- Social Protection Coveragetop 16%
Not ranked by the publisher · 94.2 · 2025
world median 52.1 (better)
Where Cayman Islands struggles most5
In the bottom third of all countries measured. 3 are within ten places of the worst in the world, in a field of at least 50 countries — marked with that place.
- 9thGovernment Spending on Educationbottom 7%
Position · derived 115th of 123 · 1.57 · 2023
world median 3.709 (worse)
- 9thGovernment Funding per Primary Studentbottom 12%
Position · derived 60th of 68 · 9.914 · 2022
world median 17.81 (worse) · ▲ 3 pts since 2019
- 9thLiner Shipping Connectivity Indexbottom 3%
Rank 167th of 175 · 7.329 · 2026
world median 56.21 (worse)
Position · derived 166th of 190 · 4.225 · 2024
world median 31.14 (worse) · ▲ 7 pts since 2014
- Secondary School Enrolmentbottom 26%
Position · derived 81st of 109 · 84.76 · 2024
world median 93.19 (worse) · ▼ 11 pts since 2018
A band is a place among the countries each publisher scores, so Cayman Islands can move because other countries moved. See the Country Index for the full method.
04Over time
Which way it is moving
The published rank in widely quoted reports, edition by edition — each end with the size of that year’s field — and the statistics, not already named above, on which it has gained or lost the most ground.
Gaining ground
Where Cayman Islands has climbed against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Global Violent Deaths+24 pts since 2011
- Voice and Accountability+10 pts since 2014
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary+8 pts since 2018
Losing ground
Where Cayman Islands has slipped against the rest of the world, in percentile points.
- Access to Electricity-8 pts since 2014
05In context
Cayman Islands and its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place in the world ranking, not within the region.
Shares a land border with
Cayman Islands has no land border with another country.
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its position in the world.
- 55
Barbados - 65
Saint Lucia - 69
Dominican Republic - 72
Grenada - 76
Trinidad and Tobago - 79
Jamaica - 86
Bahamas - =110
Cuba - 168
Haiti - —
Anguillanot placed - —
Antigua and Barbudanot placed - —
Arubanot placed - —
British Virgin Islandsnot placed - —
Cayman Islandsnot placed - —
Curaçaonot placed - —
Dominicanot placed - —
Montserratnot placed - —
Puerto Riconot placed - —
Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed - —
Saint Martinnot placed - —
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesnot placed - —
Sint Maartennot placed - —
Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed - —
United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
06The evidence
Every statistic we hold for Cayman Islands
Grouped by topic. Each row gives the newest edition’s rank or position, the published value and the year the numbers describe — select a row for the world median, the best in the world and the trend.
Governance & Institutions7
Government Effectiveness32nd of 209position · derived1.184Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)2024
top 15% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Governance estimate (−2.5 weak to 2.5 strong)
Cayman Islands 1.184 · world median 0.01 (better)
Best in the world 2.28 (Singapore)
▲ +2 percentile points since 2014
Government Funding per Primary Student60th of 68position · derived9.914Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita)2022
bottom 12% of 68 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government funding per primary student (% of GDP per capita)
Cayman Islands 9.914 · world median 17.81 (worse)
Best in the world 34.57 (South Korea)
▲ +3 percentile points since 2019
Government Spending on Education115th of 123position · derived1.57Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)2023
bottom 7% of 123 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Cayman Islands 1.57 · world median 3.709 (worse)
Best in the world 16.39 (Kiribati)
No real change since 2018
Regulatory Quality35th of 209position · derived1.075Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
top 16% of 209 countries measured
World Bank Group · Regulatory Quality (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 1.075 · world median -0.09 (better)
Best in the world 2.132 (Singapore)
No real change since 2014
Rule of Law50th of 211position · derived0.83Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
top 23% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Rule of Law estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 0.83 · world median -0.1 (better)
Best in the world 2.021 (Finland)
▲ +6 percentile points since 2014
Voice and Accountability40th of 208position · derived0.958Voice and Accountability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
top 19% of 208 countries measured
World Bank Group · Voice and Accountability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 0.958 · world median -0.02 (better)
Best in the world 1.929 (Norway)
▲ +10 percentile points since 2014
Economy & Innovation5
Agricultural Land173rd of 209position · derived11.25Agricultural land (% of land area)2023
bottom 17% of 209 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Agricultural land (% of land area)
Cayman Islands 11.25 · world median 37.96
Highest 86.48 (Côte d’Ivoire)
No real change since 2013
Container Port Traffic100th of 103position · derived46,658Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units)2024
bottom 3% of 103 countries measured
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units)
Cayman Islands 46,658 · world median 1,827,788
Highest 299,703,800 (China)
▼ -13 percentile points since 2014
ICT Goods Exports7th of 119position · derived21.32ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)2024
top 5% of 120 countries measured · 120 share 119 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Cayman Islands 21.32 · world median 0.975 (better)
Best in the world 61.45 (Hong Kong)
▼ -4 percentile points since 2020
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index167th of 175rank7.329LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)2026
bottom 3% of 167 countries measured · 167 share 175 positions
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) · LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Cayman Islands 7.329 · world median 56.21 (worse)
Best in the world 1,319 (China)
No real change since 2016
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)180th of 180position · derived0Natural resources rents (% of GDP)2021
bottom 4% of 197 countries measured · 197 share 180 positions
World Bank Group · Natural resources rents (% of GDP)
Cayman Islands 0 · world median 1.708
Highest 61.03 (Libya)
No real change since 2011
Education & Knowledge5
Adult Literacy Rate33rd of 172position · derived98.87Adults 15+ who can read and write (%)2024
top 19% of 172 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%)
Cayman Islands 98.87 · world median 93.99 (better)
Best in the world 100 (3 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
Out-of-School Rate, Primary49th of 121position · derived · 1 = worst5.169Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)2024
bottom 40% of 121 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Cayman Islands 5.169 · world median 3.691 (worse)
Best in the world 0.004 (United Arab Emirates)
▲ +8 percentile points since 2018
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate32nd of 120position · derived87.01Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)2024
top 26% of 120 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%)
Cayman Islands 87.01 · world median 65.93 (better)
Best in the world 99.85 (Moldova)
No real change since 2018
Secondary School Enrolment81st of 109position · derived84.76Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)2024
bottom 26% of 109 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)
Cayman Islands 84.76 · world median 93.19 (worse)
Best in the world 158.55 (Monaco)
▼ -11 percentile points since 2018
Youth Literacy Ratetop 41%98.9115–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)2024
top 41% of 174 countries measured
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%)
Cayman Islands 98.91 · world median 98.22 (better)
Best in the world 100 (6 countries tied)
No earlier reading to compare
Health & Wellbeing2
Global Violent Deaths98th of 206position · derived · 1 = worst4.4Violent deaths per 100,000 people2021
bottom 47% of 209 countries measured · 209 share 206 positions
Small Arms Survey · Violent deaths per 100,000 people
Cayman Islands 4.4 · world median 4.02 (worse)
Best in the world 0 (4 countries tied)
▲ +24 percentile points since 2011
Life Expectancy at Birth49th of 222position · derived80.36Years a newborn would live at current death rates2023
top 22% of 222 countries measured
UN DESA Population Division · Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Cayman Islands 80.36 · world median 74.63 (better)
Best in the world 86.37 (Monaco)
▲ +4 percentile points since 2013
Development & Human Capital2
Access to Electricitytop 28%100Population with electricity access (%)2024
top 28% of 215 countries measured
World Bank Group · Population with electricity access (%)
Cayman Islands 100 · world median 100
Best in the world 100 (122 countries tied)
▼ -8 percentile points since 2014
Arable Land per Person198th of 206position · derived0.003Arable land (hectares per person)2023
bottom 4% of 206 countries measured
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Arable land (hectares per person)
Cayman Islands 0.003 · world median 0.109
Highest 1.459 (Kazakhstan)
No real change since 2013
Environment & Sustainability3
Forest Area44th of 210position · derived52.47Forest area (% of land area)2023
top 20% of 213 countries measured · 213 share 210 positions
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Forest area (% of land area)
Cayman Islands 52.47 · world median 31.08
Highest 94.45 (Suriname)
No real change since 2013
Internal Displacements by Disaster138th of 160position · derived · 1 = worst110New displacements by disaster (people)2024
top 14% of 160 countries measured
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) · New displacements by disaster (people)
Cayman Islands 110 · world median 4,750 (better)
Best in the world 1 (Serbia)
▼ -6 percentile points since 2021
Renewable Share of Electricity Generation166th of 190position · derived4.225Renewables (% of electricity generated)2024
bottom 14% of 193 countries measured · 193 share 190 positions
Ember · Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Cayman Islands 4.225 · world median 31.14 (worse)
Best in the world 100 (7 countries tied)
▲ +7 percentile points since 2014
Peace & Security1
Political Stability and Absence of Violence5th of 211position · derived1.461Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)2024
top 2% of 211 countries measured
World Bank Group · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5)
Cayman Islands 1.461 · world median 0.04 (better)
Best in the world 1.582 (Liechtenstein)
▲ +6 percentile points since 2014
Not currently covered
The newest edition of these reports does not include Cayman Islands. Usually the publisher does not cover it; sometimes it has dropped out of a ranking it used to appear in.
- Account Ownership at a Financial Institution
- Adjusted Net Savings
- Agricultural Emissions
- Agricultural Irrigated Land
- Agriculture Orientation Index
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Average Weekly Hours Worked
- Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff · last seen 2005
- Business Ready: Operational Efficiency
- Business Ready: Public Services
- Business Ready: Regulatory Framework
- Cereal Import Dependency Ratio
- Cereal Yield
- Child Marriage
- Children with Functional Difficulties
- Civic Space Ratings
- Coefficient of Human Inequality
- Completeness of Birth Registration
- Corruption Perceptions Index
- Cost of Sending Remittances
- Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
- Crop Production Index
- Deaths in Organized Violence
- Debt Service on External Debt
- Dietary Energy Supply
- Ecological Footprint
- Economic Complexity Index
- Employment in Agriculture
- Employment in Industry
- Employment in Services
- Employment-to-Population Ratio
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months
- Expected Years of Schooling
- Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · last seen 2020
- External Debt Stocks (% of GNI)
- Fatal Occupational Injuries
- Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence
- Female Labour Force Participation Rate
- Female Share of Senior and Middle Management
- Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · last seen 2020
- Firms with a Female Top Manager
- Food Production Index
- GDP Growth · last seen 2024
- GDP per Capita (PPP) · last seen 2024
- GDP per Person Employed
- Gender Development Index
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gender Social Norms Index
- General Government Consumption · last seen 2020
- Gini Index
- Global Innovation Index
- Global Militarisation Index
- Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
- Global Report on Food Crises
- GNI per Capita (PPP) · last seen 2021
- Government AI Readiness Index
- Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)
- Gross Savings (% of GDP)
- Household Consumption
- Human Capital Index
- Human Development Index
- Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) · last seen 2020
- Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary · last seen 2008
- Income Share Held by Lowest 20%
- Industry Value Added including Construction (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- INFORM Risk Index
- INFORM Severity Index
- Informal Employment Rate
- Labour Force Participation Rate
- Labour Income Share
- Labour Productivity per Hour Worked
- Land Under Cereal Production
- Livestock Density
- Livestock Production Index
- Logistics Performance Index
- Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP) · last seen 2024
- Maternal Mortality Ratio
- Mean Years of Schooling
- Net Official Development Assistance Received
- Open Data Inventory
- Organic Agricultural Area
- Pesticide Use per Hectare
- Physical Violence Index
- PISA Mathematics Performance
- PISA Reading Performance
- PISA Science Performance
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
- Poverty Gap at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.00 a Day
- Poverty Headcount Ratio at $8.30 a Day
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
- Prevalence of Undernourishment
- Primary Completion Rate
- Prosperity Gap
- Public Sector Employment
- Public Sector Wage Bill
- Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita
- Research and Development Spending
- School Life Expectancy · last seen 2008
- Self-Employment Rate
- Social Institutions and Gender Index
- Statistical Performance Indicators
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
- Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · last seen 2008
- Trade (% of GDP) · last seen 2020
- Trade Union Density
- Under-Five Mortality Rate
- Unemployment Rate
- Upper Secondary Attainment · last seen 2015
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate
- V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index
- Violent Discipline of Children
- Vulnerable Employment
- Water Stress
- Water Withdrawal by Sector
- Women, Business and the Law
- Working Poverty Rate
- World Energy Trilemma Index
- World Risk Index
- Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training
- Youth Unemployment Rate
07Keep reading
Explore further
08Method
Sources and how to read them
How to read this page
- The scores and ranks belong to their publishers. Nothing is adjusted, rescaled or re-ranked; each is reproduced from the edition named beside it. Where a row says position · derived, the publisher ranks nobody on that measure and the position is ours, made by ordering the published score.
- Each statistic shows its newest edition, which is not always the edition the Country Index uses: the index pins every source to one data year so its average compares like with like.
How a standing is built from percentiles, why Cayman Islands can move because other countries moved, and why publishers measure between 120 and 215 countries each are set out in full in how a standing is made and what a standing cannot tell you.
Sources
- Statistics: 9 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
- Capital, languages, currency, codes: Wikidata, public domain (CC0).
- Map and land borders: Natural Earth, public domain. Borders are de facto — where administration actually changes — not claimed.
Photographs
The photograph of Cayman Islands on this page comes from Wikimedia Commons and is shown in greyscale. The photographer and the licence are named beside each one.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Cayman Islands: country statistics, rankings and trends. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cayman-islands