Distillers Cayman Islands
A one-page guide to the Cayman Islands for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- George Town
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- Cayman Islands dollar (KYD), pegged to USD at about 1 KYD = 1.227 USD
- Time zone
- UTC-5
- Area
- 264 km²
People
- Population
- 75,844 (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.8% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 100%
- Aged under 15
- 16.1%
- Aged 65 and over
- 9.5%
- Life expectancy
- 80.5 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$7.8 billion (2024)
- GDP per person
- US$104,293 (2024)
- Economic growth
- 3.75641197192778% (2024)
Climate
Tropical wet and dry: wet season May to October, drier November to April, little temperature variation. Atlantic hurricane season runs June to November.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18 (selling or supplying to under-18s prohibited)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 11.9 litres of pure alcohol (2022)
- Traditional drinks
- Rum
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia: Cayman Islands (basics, climate, ports); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; World Bank Open Data (population, GDP, growth, inflation, area); WHO Global Health Observatory: total alcohol per capita; UN Comtrade (HS 2208 trade); Cayman Compass (Aug 2013): Rum deal for Cayman Spirits Company. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.