Environment in Cayman Islands

817 indicators covering environment for Cayman Islands.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources 4.5% 2024 up 8.1% 67th
Share of the population using improved water sources 95.5% 2024 down 0.4% 165th
Special coated paper and pulp products (export/import) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 173rd
Wooden wrapping and packaging material (export/import) — Export value 202 1000 USD 2024 up 10,000.0% 101st
Composite paper and paperboard (export/import) — Import value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 85.7% 199th
Printing and writing papers, coated — Import quantity 93 t 2024 down 86.7% 192nd
Printing and writing papers, coated — Import value 136 1000 USD 2024 down 85.9% 192nd
Builder's joinery and carpentry of wood (export/import) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 202nd
Wood products for domestic/decorative use (export/import) — Export 15 1000 USD 2024 139th
Household and sanitary paper, ready for use (export/import) — Export 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 193rd
Other manufactured wood products (export/import) — Export value 1 1000 USD 2024 down 66.7% 183rd
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Import quantity 65 t 2024 168th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, mechanical — Import value 56 1000 USD 2024 183rd
Further processed sawnwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import value 15 1000 USD 2024 down 96.8% 183rd
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 1.69 1000 ha 2024 down 6.1% 175th
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS 1.5 1000 ha 2024 up 45.6% 165th
Grassland — Area from MODIS 1.8 1000 ha 2024 up 1.1% 202nd
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS 8.92 1000 ha 2024 down 24.5% 182nd
Mangroves — Area from MODIS 9.89 1000 ha 2024 up 25.2% 68th
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS 0 1000 ha 2024 138th
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 2.8 1000 ha 2024 up 24.4% 150th
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS 0.02 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 194th
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS 0 1000 ha 2024 46th
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS 6.51 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 187th
Temporary crops — Area 0.16 1000 ha 2024 up 6.7% 238th
Temporary fallow — Area 0.02 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 231st
Temporary meadows and pastures — Area 0.02 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 182nd
Other papers mainly for packaging — Import quantity 1 t 2024 191st
Other papers mainly for packaging — Import value 1 1000 USD 2024 201st
Case materials — Import quantity 38 t 2024 181st
Case materials — Import value 26 1000 USD 2024 197th
Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Export value 4 1000 USD 2024 down 69.2% 190th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity 128 t 2024 down 92.6% 204th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import value 203 1000 USD 2024 down 89.3% 204th
Cartonboard — Import quantity 30 t 2024 down 98.2% 193rd
Cartonboard — Import value 50 1000 USD 2024 down 97.3% 196th
Further processed sawnwood (export/import) — Import value 217 1000 USD 2024 down 67.3% 150th
Further processed sawnwood, non-coniferous (export/import) — Import 202 1000 USD 2024 up 2.0% 133rd
Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 4 1000 USD 2024 up 33.3% 199th
Wrapping papers — Import quantity 59 t 2024 up 84.4% 195th
Wrapping papers — Import value 126 1000 USD 2024 up 75.0% 196th
Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Export value 8 1000 USD 2024 down 60.0% 214th
Wooden wrapping and packaging material (export/import) — Import value 93 1000 USD 2024 up 520.0% 177th
Wood products for domestic/decorative use (export/import) — Import 141 1000 USD 2024 down 64.2% 177th
Special coated paper and pulp products (export/import) — Import value 160 1000 USD 2024 up 7,900.0% 192nd
Household and sanitary paper, ready for use (export/import) — Import 6,102 1000 USD 2024 up 273.0% 135th
Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Import value 2,389 1000 USD 2024 up 245.7% 194th
Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Import value 13,253 1000 USD 2024 up 335.8% 184th
Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 4,601 1000 USD 2024 up 552.6% 186th
Other manufactured wood products (export/import) — Import value 352 1000 USD 2024 down 66.5% 184th
Builder's joinery and carpentry of wood (export/import) — Import value 908 1000 USD 2024 down 60.9% 184th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export quantity 24 t 2024 122nd
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export value 24 1000 USD 2024 126th
Share of land covered by forest 53.0% 2025 unchanged 50th
Land use 700 hectares 2023 unchanged 218th
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 0 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 142nd
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 67 1000 USD 2024 up 235.0% 144th
Forest rents 0.0% 2021 186th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 497.08 1000 USD 2024 159th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 91.04 t 2024 166th