Foreign direct investment inflows in Cayman Islands

Net foreign direct investment inflows to Cayman Islands were 40.9% of GDP in 2024.

Cayman Islands, 2024 40.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −124.5percentage points 2023: 165.5%
World, 2024 1.2% Official aggregate

Foreign direct investment inflows in Cayman Islands over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Cayman IslandsWorld
2025 – 1.4%
2024 40.9% 1.2%
2023 165.5% 0.9%
2022 -47.3% 1.9%
2021 -13.3% 2.5%
2020 123.3% 1.3%
2019 18.2% 2.2%
2018 3.1% 1.2%
2017 48.5% 2.7%
2016 54.7% 3.5%
2015 1,709.8% 3.6%
2014 1,009.0% 2.4%
2013 792.3% 2.6%
2012 500.8% 2.7%
2011 743.7% 3.2%
2010 504.4% 2.7%
2009 474.1% 2.4%
2008 426.4% 3.7%
2007 631.6% 5.3%
2006 590.9% 4.2%
2005 – 3.3%
2004 – 2.2%
2003 – 1.9%
2002 – 2.1%
2001 – 2.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −124.5 percentage points from 165.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,009.0%, the figure has changed by −968.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 1.2%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.KLT.DINV.WD.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2024 for Cayman Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics