Cayman Islands vs United States: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Cayman Islands
4.2%
in 2015
United States
4.3%
in 2025
Cayman Islands rank
120th
United States rank
119th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Cayman Islands
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 4.3% against 4.2% in Cayman Islands, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1991 it was United States ahead.

Cayman Islands ranks 120th and United States ranks 119th of 185 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit
%
Source
Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.