Bank concentration in Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: Bank concentration was 100.0% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Bank concentration in Cayman Islands, 2000–2016
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Cayman Islands recorded 100.0% for bank concentration in 2016. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank concentration in Cayman Islands peaked at 100.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 62.9%, in 2000.
That places Cayman Islands 1st out of 169 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 70.1% | 62.9% | 77.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 86.1% | 100.0% | 5 |
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More financial sector data for Cayman Islands
- Total reserves in months of imports 0.2647 (2024)
- Official exchange rate 0.8333 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 888 (2025)
- GDP deflator: linked series 123.6 base year varies by country (2024)
- Inflation, GDP deflator: linked series 2.4% (2024)
- Banking crisis dummy 0 1=banking crisis, 0=none (2017)
- Consumer price index 102.94 2010 = 100 (2016)
- Remittance inflows to GDP 0.2% (2020)
- Listed domestic companies, total 4 (2020)
- Stocks traded, total value 1.30 million current US$ (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank concentration in Cayman Islands?
- Bank concentration in Cayman Islands was 100.0% in 2016, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank concentration recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest bank concentration recorded in Cayman Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.9% in 2000.
- How does Cayman Islands rank for bank concentration?
- Cayman Islands ranks 1st out of 169 countries with data for 2016.
- Is bank concentration rising or falling in Cayman Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cayman Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank concentration (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.