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The Quality of Life Survey Report Spring 2024 shows a quality of life score of 82.2% based on six dimensions: health, employment and job quality, material living conditions, economic and physical safety, leisure and social activities, and activ... READ MORE

The Cayman Islands Compendium of Statistics 2023, released by the Economics and Statistics Office, is a comprehensive collection of statistics from various public and private sector data sources covering population, demographics, social and living co... READ MORE

The total value of the merchandise imports grew for the second quarter of 2024. Goods imported for the quarter stood at $404.86 million, an increase of 7.4 percent. This growth reflected higher imports of petroleum and petroleum-related product... READ MORE

Economic activity in the Cayman Islands, as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms, is estimated to have increased by 3.6% in the first three months of 2024. Indicators suggest that the growth in economic activity w... READ MORE

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 marks the sixteenth observance of Caribbean Statistics Day. This year is also the 50th Anniversary of the Standing Committee of CaribbeanStatisticians. The vision for the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians was tha... READ MORE

Labour market estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) Spring 2024 show the unemployment rate (the proportion of unemployed persons to the total labour force) at 2.8%. The total labour force increased by 6.9% to reach 62,743. The e... READ MORE

Today, the Economics and Statistics Office released the Occupational Wage Survey 2023 Report. The Occupational Wage Survey (OWS) was conducted across all types of businesses from October 2023 to March 2024. 745 respondents to the OWS 2023 suppl... READ MORE

The second quarter inflation rate was 1.7 percent, and among the main contributors was a 10.3 percent rise in the communication index. The main contributors to the increase in the communication index were a 23.6 percent rise in the cost of tele... READ MORE

Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to have expanded by 4.2 percent in 2023. Growth during the year was broad-based, with most sectors expanding to support continued demand for financial and tourism services. This was the highlight of The... READ MORE

The total value of the Islands’ importation of goods for the first quarter of 2024 stood at $358.2 million, an increase of 1.1 percent. This growth resulted from the rise in non-petroleum products which was partially offset by the reduced impor... READ MORE