Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cayman Islands instead of Portugal, you would:
Economy
make 99.4% more money
Portugal has a GDP per capita of $35,800 as of 2022, while in Cayman Islands, the GDP per capita is $71,400 as of 2022.
be 33.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Portugal, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Cayman Islands, that number is 4.0% as of 2008.
Life
have 42.0% more children
In Portugal, there are approximately 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Cayman Islands, there are 11.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 3.1 times more likely to die during infancy
In Portugal, approximately 2.5 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 58.0% less on education
Portugal spends 5.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cayman Islands spends 2.1% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
Geography
see 91.1% less coastline
Portugal has a total of 1,793 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
How big is Cayman Islands compared to Portugal? See an in-depth size comparison.