Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Cayman Islands instead of Anguilla, you would:

Health

live 1.7 years less

In Anguilla, the average life expectancy is 82 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Cayman Islands, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Anguilla, approximately 3.1 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.

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Expenditures

spend 60.7% less on education

Anguilla spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cayman Islands spends 1.6% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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Geography

see 2.6 times more coastline

Anguilla has a total of 61 km of coastline. In Cayman Islands, that number is 160 km.

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Infrastructure

find 75.7% more home broadband

Anguilla has 32.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Cayman Islands has 56.4 as of 2022.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2020–2022), World Bank (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this

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Anguilla is about 2.9 times smaller than Cayman Islands.
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Cayman Islands: At a glance

Cayman Islands is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 264 sq km. The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries and were administered by Jamaica after 1863. In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies. When the Federation dissolved in 1962, the Cayman Islands chose to remain a British dependency.
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