$188.4 million (31 December 2006)
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 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 156
Electricity - consumption:
507.8 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 161
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 197
Oil - consumption:
3,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 177
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 204
Oil - imports:
3,294 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 167
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 193
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 187
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 199
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 192
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 193
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 194
Exports:
$13.8 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 210 $2.52 million (2004)
Exports - commodities:
turtle products, manufactured consumer goods
Imports:
$876.5 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 173 $866.9 million (2004)
Imports - commodities:
foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels
Debt - external:
$70 million (1996) country comparison to the world: 184
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$NA
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$NA
Exchange rates:
Caymanian dollars (KYD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 0.8496 (2006)
Communications ::Cayman Islands
Telephones - main lines in use:
38,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 170
Telephones - mobile cellular:
33,800 (2004) country comparison to the world: 201
Telephone system:
general assessment: reasonably good system
domestic: liberalization of telecom market in 2003; introduction of competition in the mobile-cellular market in 2004
international: country code - 1–345; landing points for the MAYA-1,
Eastern Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS), and the Cayman-Jamaica Fiber
System submarine cables that provide links to the US and parts of
Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Broadcast media:
4 television stations; cable and satellite subscription services offer a variety of international programming; government-owned Radio Cayman operates 2 networks broadcasting on 5 stations; 10 privately-owned radio stations operate alongside Radio Cayman (2007)
Internet country code:
.ky
Internet hosts:
21,910 (2010) country comparison to the world: 108
Internet users:
23,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 188
Transportation ::Cayman Islands
Airports:
3 (2010) country comparison to the world: 193
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2010)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)
Roadways:
total: 785 km country comparison to the world: 186 paved: 785 km (2007)
Merchant marine:
total: 113 country comparison to the world: 46 by type: bulk carrier 20, cargo 3, chemical tanker 56, liquefied gas 1, petroleum tanker 8, refrigerated cargo 10, vehicle carrier 15
foreign-owned: 99 (Germany 6, Greece 11, Italy 6, Japan 19, Switzerland 1, UK 2, US 54) (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Cayman Brac, George Town
Military ::Cayman Islands
Military branches:
no regular military forces; Royal Cayman Islands Police Force (2010)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 12,108 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 9,860
females age 16–49: 10,287 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 326
female: 347 (2010 est.)
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the UK
Transnational Issues ::Cayman Islands
Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
major offshore financial center; vulnerable to drug transshipment to the US and Europe (2008)
page last updated on January 11, 2011
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