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Two-way investment brief

Australia–Cayman Islands

At the end of 2025, investors from Cayman Islands held A$4.2 bn of direct investment in Australia, making it Australia’s 25th-largest source of foreign direct investment (0.3% of the total). That stock fell 29.1% over the year and has grown 5.0% a year on average over the past decade. Cayman Islands was Australia’s 166th-largest two-way trading partner in 2025 (goods and services, A$2 m; 0.0% of Australia’s trade).
Data (CSV)Cayman Islands global profile

Cayman Islands direct investment in Australia

A$4.2 bn

−29.1%vs 202425th largest

Total Cayman Islands investment in Australia

A$10.2 bn

29th largest · 0.2%

Australian direct investment in Cayman Islands

—

Total Australian investment in Cayman Islands

A$138 bn

Levels at 31 Dec 2025

Trend

Direct investment in both directions

Direct investment levels, Australia–Cayman Islands
  • Cayman Islands in Australia
  • Australia in Cayman Islands

Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).

Cayman Islands’s investment in Australia by type
  • Direct investment
  • Portfolio investment
  • Other investment

Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).

Annual direct investment flows

Net transactions during the year; negative = net disinvestment

  • Cayman Islands → Australia
  • Australia → Cayman Islands

Source: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (5352.0).

Trade relationship

Australia–Cayman Islands trade

Investment and trade move together: the partners that invest most in Australia are usually major trading partners too. Goods trade is recorded monthly (latest: July 2026); services annually.

Two-way trade, 2025

A$2 m

166th largest partner · 0.0%

Goods exports to Cayman Islands, 2025

A$2 m

12 months to July 2026: A$2 m

Goods imports from Cayman Islands, 2025

—

12 months to July 2026: A$700 k

Services trade, 2025

A$0 k

Exports — · imports —
Goods trade

Calendar years, A$ (ABS merchandise trade)

  • Exports to Cayman Islands
  • Imports from Cayman Islands

Source: ABS, International Merchandise Trade (MERCH_EXP / MERCH_IMP), summed to calendar years.

Services trade

Calendar years, A$ (ABS international trade in services by country)

  • Exports to Cayman Islands
  • Imports from Cayman Islands

Source: ABS, International Trade in Services by Country, calendar years.

Economic outlook

Cayman Islands’s economy

2025 at a glance

New FDI from Cayman Islands
—
New Australian FDI in Cayman Islands
—
Direct investment income paid to investors
A$81 m
Direct investment income earned by Australians
—

Cayman Islands globally (World Bank)

FDI outflows, 2024
−$1.7 bn · 164th
FDI inflows, 2024
$3.2 bn
GDP, 2024
$7.8 bn
Region · income
Latin America & Caribbean · High income

Regulatory openness (OECD FDIRRI)

OECD index data loading — see FDI openness

Sources: ABS, International Investment Position, Australia: Supplementary Statistics (cat. 5352.0), 2025 release, released 2026-05-06 — levels at 31 December and calendar-year flows and income, A$ millions, immediate counterparty basis (investment routed via third economies is attributed to the intermediate economy). World Bank WDI (US$). OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index. np = not published for confidentiality; included in totalsPrepared independently by FDIstats from public statistics; not an Australian Government publication and not investment advice. For foreign investment rules, see the Treasury and FIRB.