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Cayman Islands · Year 2023 All longitudinal metrics, 4-pillar scores, and peer matrices reflect this country & year

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Sovereign Economic Dossier ISO: CYM KY

Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands sovereign panel observation with harmonized output, inflation, and external resilience records from 1960 through 2025.

Latin America & Caribbean High income Blocs: Other George Town

Global Rank (2023)

#109 / 205

Top 53% of global economies

Composite Score (2023)

56.5 / 100

Living Standard (2023)

$82,907

Subscore: 94.22 / 100

CPI Inflation (2023)

—

Stability Score: 50 / 100

4-Pillar Structural Health Diagnostic (2023)

Harmonized subscores evaluating Output, Productivity, Inflation Stability, and External Buffer

Benchmark Weights: 35 / 25 / 25 / 15

Living Standards (35%) 94.22

Raw: $82,907 (2015 USD)

Price Stability (25%) 50

Raw: — (Anchor: 3.0%)

External Solvency (25%) 17.58

Raw: -9.72% of GDP

Economic Scale (15%) 44.22

Raw: $7.3B Current USD

Optimal Component Weights & Peak Rank Frontier (2023)

Productivity & Living Standards Driven

What we are doing here: We simulate an automated mathematical simplex across all 286 valid permutations of weights for the 4 pillars (summing to 100%) against every competing sovereign country in 2023. This discovers which weighting system maximizes Cayman Islands's global competitive ranking by accentuating its comparative strengths.

Peak Rank #8 / 205

Default Rank #109

+101 Ranks

Living Standards 100%

Baseline: 35%

Price Stability 0%

Baseline: 25%

External Solvency 0%

Baseline: 25%

Economic Scale 0%

Baseline: 15%

Policy Insight & Strategic Advantage: Cayman Islands dominates on per capita productivity and high output density per citizen.

Under this bespoke weighting, Cayman Islands's composite score climbs to 94.2 (compared to 56.5 under standard multilateral weighting).

Longitudinal Trajectory & Peer Comparison Sandbox (1960–2025)

Tracking Cayman Islands's multi-decade trajectory overlaid with peer benchmark economies in Year 2023

Active Comparisons:

Cayman Islands (CYM)

India (IND)

China (CHN)

United States (USA)

Germany (DEU)

Observation Year 2023 • Global Rank: #109 / 205 • Composite Score: 56.5 / 100 • Living Standard: $82,907 • Inflation: —

Year 2023

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Primary: Cayman Islands Peers (Dashed)

Cross-Sectional Benchmark Standing in Year 2023

5 economies compared · Ordered by Global Rank

Country	Rank (2023)	Composite Score	GDP per Capita	CPI Inflation	Current Account (% GDP)	Nominal GDP ($)
Germany (DEU)	#16	81.1	$44,369	5.95%	5.50%	$4562.2B
United States (USA)	#17	80.0	$65,667	4.12%	-3.34%	$27811.5B
China (CHN)	#37	72.3	$12,484	0.23%	1.41%	$18270.4B
India (IND)	#93	59.5	$2,230	5.65%	-0.91%	$3500.9B
Cayman Islands (CYM) Active	#109	56.5	$82,907	—	-9.72%	$7.3B

Decade-by-Decade Historical Milestones (1970–2023)

Visualizing seminal macroeconomic shifts, shocks, and structural transitions for Cayman Islands

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Selected Era: 2023 · Click any node to select