American Samoa vs Cayman Islands: country risk compared

Cayman Islands currently carries the higher assessed risk (4.9 vs 2.8 on the RegActions 0-10 scale), driven by higher v3 pillar risk overall.

🇦🇸 American Samoa (2.8/10, Moderate) vs 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (4.9/10, Moderate).

Side by side

IndicatorAmerican SamoaCayman Islands
RegActions risk score2.8/10 (Moderate)4.9/10 (Moderate)
FATF statusNot currently listedNot currently listed
Sanctions postureNo listed programme identifiedNo listed programme identified
Governance: rule of law (WGI risk)3.2/102.8/10
Corruption (CPI)No scoreNo score
EU tax list (Annex I)ListedNot listed
Egmont FIU memberNoYes
Last FATF mutual evaluationNot assessed2019
BO registerNone identifiedRestricted (live since 2017)

FATF mutual evaluations

  • Cayman Islands: last mutual evaluation 2019 · report

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Active methodology 3.1.0; American Samoa is provisional with low confidence and Cayman Islands is complete with medium confidence. FATF listings and sanctions are shown as regulatory overlays; CPI and enforcement volume are contextual, not score inputs. Scoring methodology.