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Trinidad and Tobago

Capital: Port-of-SpainRegion: Latin America & Caribbean Income: High income
GDP
$26.76B
2026
Population
1.4M
2024
GDP per Capita
$19K
2026
Life Expectancy
73.5 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$26.76B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)1.2%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$19K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$53.07B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$37K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.02%2026
GNI (Current USD)$25.81B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$20K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$37K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)34.6%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)59.2%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)0.8%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)19.0%2023
GDP Deflator (%)-0.1%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$69K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)14.4%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)39.4%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$15K2021
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)2.71%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)5.09%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)7.9%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.05%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$8.88B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)2.2%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)68.5%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-5.9%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)2.9%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)4.1%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)0.5%2024
Lending Interest Rate (%)7.5%2024
Deposit Interest Rate (%)1.5%2024
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$5.60B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)5.72024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)6.752024
Broad Money (% of GDP)72.9%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Merchandise Exports (USD)$7.90B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$7.67B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)-1.8%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)2.1%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$-453.2M2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$199.2M2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.8%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)0.2%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)2.5%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$645.5M2024

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)48.4%2024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)11.9%2023
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)2.8%2023
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)74.6%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)73.3%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)75.9%2024
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)3.1%2025

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)272025

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)7.9%2025
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)48.8%2025
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)23.5%2025
Average Firm Age (years)18 years2025
Firms Using Computers (%)56.1%2025

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population1.4M2024
Population Growth (%)0.1%2024
Population Density (per km²)2672023
Surface Area (sq km)5,1302023
Land Area (sq km)5,1302023
Urban Population (%)54.0%2024
Urban Population (total)738,3672024
Rural Population (%)46.0%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth73.5 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male70.4 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female76.7 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.52023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)10.72023
Death Rate (per 1,000)8.42023
Net Migration6912025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)17.8%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)69.9%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)12.4%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)43.1%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)187.52023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)105.82023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force653,4462025
Labor Force Participation (%)57.8%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)47.8%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)68.1%2025
Unemployment (%)3.3%2025
Female Unemployment (%)3.9%2025
Male Unemployment (%)2.9%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)8.2%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)4.5%2025
Employment in Industry (%)24.2%2025
Employment in Services (%)71.3%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)21.2%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)74.3%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)10.2%2024
Employers (% of total employment)4.5%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)42.1%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)3.0%2023
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)12.6%2025
Youth Literacy Rate (%)92.0%2022
Primary School Enrollment (%)99.2%2023
Secondary School Enrollment (%)92.9%2023
Primary Completion Rate (%)91.6%2023
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)77.5%2023
Out-of-School Children, Primary38,1052023
Out-of-School Girls, Primary18,2432023
Primary School Teachers8,2192023
Secondary School Teachers7,3502023

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.5%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$1K2023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)3.6%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)45.3%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.22021
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)4.12023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)2.42023
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)19.12023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)17.32023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)20.82023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)7.0%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)82.7%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)10.4%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)96.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)92.0%2024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)272024
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)13.32021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)6.02020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)11,0382022
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)6,5912022
Renewable Electricity Output (%)0.1%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)0.5%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)25.62020
Forest Area (%)44.2%2023
Forest Area (sq km)2,2692023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)2.0%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)0.1%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)99.3%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)94.2%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)10.5%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)1,6002023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)93.12022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)98.52022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)90.92022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)3,3282023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)155.42023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)8.8%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)84.7%2023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)26.92023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)480.12024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.05%2022
Patent Applications, Residents22021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents1492021
Scientific Journal Articles2622022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$9.2M2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)2.7%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident582021
Researchers in R&D (per million)4932022

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried2.0M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)45.82023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)498,5442022
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.502022
Electricity from Oil (%)0.4%2022
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)28.6%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)47.1%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)83.0%2025
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)36.02023

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-0.372023
Government Effectiveness-0.042023
Regulatory Quality-0.132023
Voice & Accountability0.622023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)41.0%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)49.5%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)42.5%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)57.8%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)0.9%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.8%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)40.42022

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.602020
Human Capital Index, Female0.592010
Human Capital Index, Male0.522010
Learning-Adjusted Years of School9.1 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals141,0002020
Tourism Receipts (USD)$151.0M2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$42.0M2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)2.3%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$8.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City546,5642025
Population in Slums (% of urban)8.6%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)0.0%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)38.0%2024