ces: 95.4% (1994 est.)

Labor force:

23,450 (2004)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 1.4%
industry: 12.6%
services: 86% (1995)

Unemployment rate:

4.4% (2004)

Population below poverty line:

NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Budget:

revenues: $423.8 million
expenditures: $392.6 million (2004)

Fiscal year:

1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

4.4% (2004)

Agriculture - products:

vegetables, fruit; livestock; turtle farming

Industries:

tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction
materials, furniture

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production:

546.1 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

546.1 million kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

2,767 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

2,818 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Exports:

$2.52 million (2004)

Exports - commodities:

turtle products, manufactured consumer goods

Exports - partners:

mostly US (2006)

Imports:

$866.9 million (2004)

Imports - commodities:

foodstuffs, manufactured goods

Imports - partners:

US, Netherlands Antilles, Japan (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$390,000 (2004)

Debt - external:

$70 million (1996)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$130 million (2005)

Currency (code):

Caymanian dollar (KYD)

Currency code:

KYD

Exchange rates:

Caymanian dollars (KYD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 0.8496 (2006)

Communications
Cayman Islands

Telephones - main lines in use:

38,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

33,800 (2004)