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English (official) 90.9%, Spanish 4%, Filipino 3.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)
GEORGE TOWN (capital) 31,000 (2014)
- Conventional long form
- none
- Conventional short form
- Cayman Islands
- Local long form
- Local short form
parliamentary democracy (Legislative Assembly); self-governing overseas territory of the UK
- Name
- George Town
- Geographic coordinates
- 19 18 N, 81 23 W
- Time difference
- UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
With no direct taxation, the islands are a thriving offshore financial center. More than 93,000 companies were registered in the Cayman Islands as of 2008, including almost 300 banks, 800 insurers, and 10,000 mutual funds. A stock exchange was opened in 1997. Nearly 90% of the islands' food and consumer goods must be imported. The Caymanians enjoy a standard of living comparable to that of Switzerland.
- Inflation
- None%
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- None%
- Real Interest Rate
- None%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- 0.889%
- Current Account Balance
- US$
- Labor Force, Total
- Employment in Agriculture
- 0.62%
- Employment in Industry
- 12.94%
- Employment in Services
- 86.10%
- Unemployment Rate
- 4%
- Imports of goods and services
- US$
- Exports of goods and services
- US$
- Total Merchandise Trade
- %
- FDI, net inflows
- US$ 18,987,382,000
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$
vegetables, fruit; livestock; turtle farming
tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction materials, furniture
- Commodities
- turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
- Partners
- Commodities
- foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels
- Partners