Caymanian Economy, Cayman Islands Economy
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Economy - overview: 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:
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 est.)
Population below poverty line: NA (2002 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: Lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
Labor force: 19,820 (1995)
Labor force - by occupation: Agriculture 1.4%, industry 12.6%, services 86% (1995)
Unemployment rate: 4.1% (1997)
Budget: Revenues: $265.2 million expenditures: $248.9 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1997)
Industries: Tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction materials, furniture
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity - production: 410.8 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source:
Electricity - consumption: 382.1 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption: 2,400 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports: NA
Oil - imports: NA
Oil - proved reserves:
Natural gas - production:
Natural gas - consumption:
Natural gas - exports:
Natural gas - imports:
Natural gas - proved reserves:
Agriculture - products: Vegetables, fruit; livestock, turtle farming
Exports: $1.2 million (1999)
Exports - commodities: Turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
Exports - partners: Mostly US
Imports: $457.4 million (1999)
Imports - commodities: Foodstuffs, manufactured goods
Imports - partners: US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Japan
Debt - external: $70 million (1996)
Economic aid - recipient: NA
Currency:
Currency code:
Exchange rates: Caymanian dollars per US dollar - 0.82 (29 October 2001), 0.83 (3 November 1995), 0.85 (22 November 1993)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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