Comparison of Cayman Islands and Cook Islands

Attribute	Cayman Islands ×	Cook Islands ×
Geography
Area (km²)	264	236
Continent	North America	Australia
Land area (km²)	264	236
Water area (km²)	0	0
Land boundaries (km)	0	0
Coastline (km)	160	120
Lowest point (m)	0	0
Highest point (m)	50	652
People
Population	61,944	8,574
Official languages	English	Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) English
Religion	Protestant	Protestant
Government
Short country name	Cayman Islands	Cook Islands
Former name	-	Hervey Islands
Government type	Parliamentary democracy	Self-governing parliamentary democracy
Capital	George Town	Avarua
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)	2,507,000,000	299,900,000
GDP (OER) (USD)	2,250,000,000	299,900,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)	1.7	0.1
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)	43,800	16,700
Labor force	39,000	6,820
Unemployment rate (%)	4	13.1
Budget revenues (USD)	874,500,000	86,900,000
Budget expenditures (USD)	766,600,000	77,900,000
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)	38.9	29
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)	4.8	3
Inflation rate (%)	2	2.2
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	14.9	-
Stock of narrow money (USD)	334,300,000	38,990,000
Stock of broad money (USD)	5,564,000,000	148,200,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)	315,600,000	-
Current account balance (USD)	-492,600,000	26,670,000
Exports (USD)	421,900,000	3,125,000
Imports (USD)	787,300,000	109,300,000
External debt (USD)	-	141,000,000
National currency	Caymanian dollars	NZ dollars
National currency (code)	KYD	NZD
National currency (symbol)	$	$
National currency rate to USD	0.82	1.416