Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Cayman Islands instead of Anguilla, you would:

Economy

make 5.9 times more money

Anguilla has a GDP per capita of $12,200 as of 2008, while in Cayman Islands, the GDP per capita is $71,400 as of 2022.

be 50.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Anguilla, 8.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2002. In Cayman Islands, that number is 4.0% as of 2008.

Life

be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Anguilla, approximately 3.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Cayman Islands, on the other hand, 7.7 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 47.5% less on education

Anguilla spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cayman Islands spends 2.1% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 2.6 times more coastline

Anguilla has a total of 61 km of coastline. In Cayman Islands, that number is 160 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Cayman Islands: At a glance

Cayman Islands is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 264 sq km. The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries and were administered by Jamaica after 1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies. When the Federation dissolved in 1962, the Cayman Islands chose to remain a British dependency.
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