Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 50.9% more money

Maryland has a GDP per capita of $69,127 as of 2024, while in Cayman Islands, the GDP per capita is $104,293 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 11.5% less likely to have internet access

In Maryland, approximately 91.6% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Cayman Islands, about 81.1% do as of 2021.

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Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), World Bank (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this

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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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