Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) was 95.7% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Cayman Islands, 1960–2015
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2015, ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Cayman Islands stood at 95.7%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Cayman Islands peaked at 95.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 33.9%, in 1960.
Cayman Islands ranks 8th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Cayman Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 33.9% | — |
| 1970 | 47.9% | +41.3% |
| 1979 | 68.5% | +43.0% |
| 1989 | 84.3% | +23.1% |
| 1991 | 86.5% | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 92.6% | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 91.3% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 93.2% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 92.4% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 91.6% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 92.0% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 93.5% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 94.2% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 94.2% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 95.7% | +1.6% |
Cayman Islands compared with similar countries
- Cayman Islands's 95.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 85.1%, 1.1× the median. (79 countries reporting)
- Cayman Islands's 95.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.9%, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Cayman Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +43.0% | 47.9% | 68.5% |
| 1970 | +41.3% | 33.9% | 47.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.9% | 33.9% | 33.9% | 1 |
| 1970s | 58.2% | 47.9% | 68.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 84.3% | 84.3% | 84.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 89.6% | 86.5% | 92.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 92.1% | 91.3% | 93.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 93.9% | 92.0% | 95.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cayman Islands
More work & labour data for Cayman Islands
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 0 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 81.49 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.0483 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.0452 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 59.66 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.0497 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 58.38 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 118.03 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per unit 0 1000 No per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Cayman Islands?
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) in Cayman Islands was 95.7% in 2015, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.9% in 1960.
- How does Cayman Islands rank for ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%)?
- Cayman Islands ranks 8th out of 196 countries with data for 2015.
- Is ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) rising or falling in Cayman Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cayman Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 15 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate is the proportion of female labor force participation relative to male labor force participation. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed.