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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-petr... READ MORE

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 expans... READ MORE

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 than... READ MORE

ON THE OCCASION OF THE ELEVENTH OBSERVANCE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICS DAY 15 OCTOBER 2019 READ MORE

Compendium of Statistics 2018 Released The Cayman Islands’ Compendium of Statistics 2018 released by the Economics and Statistics Office is a comprehensive collection of statistics from various public and private sector data sources covering populat... READ MORE

The Consumer Price Index in Cayman rose by 4.5 percent in the first 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 incre... READ MORE

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods stood at $271.34 million, recording an increase of 11.2 percent for the first quarter of 2019.  This increase resulted from the growth in both non-petroleum and petroleum-related imports... READ MORE

Driven by solid performances in construction, tourism and financial services, the Cayman Islands’ economy recorded strong growth in 2018, with the estimated Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rising by 3.3 percent. This was the highlight of The Cayma... READ MORE

In 2018, the total value of goods imported into the Cayman Islands increased by 15.7% to reach CI$1,058.6 million, compared to imports of $914.8 million recorded in 2017. The total value of imported non-petroleum products rose to CI$922.3 million,... READ MORE

The Economics and Statistics Office released today the Occupational Wage Survey 2017 Report.  The Occupational Wage Survey (OWS) was conducted across all types of businesses from October 2017 to February 2018, and among a sample of households wi... READ MORE