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Trinidad and Tobago

TTOLatin America & Caribbean High incomeCapital: Port-of-Spain
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68/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
GDP
$26.84B
2026▲ 3.5%
Population
1.4M
2025▼ 0.0%
GDP per Capita
$18,616
2026▲ 3.0%
Life Expectancy
73.6 years
2024▲ 0.2%
Trinidad and Tobago in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Trinidad and Tobago· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago's GDP is $26.84B (2026), with a population of 1.4M, and GDP per capita of $18,616. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 0.8%, inflation at 1.8%, unemployment at 4.2%, government debt at 84.1% of GDP, life expectancy of 73.6 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

▶Economy27 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$26.84B2026▲ 3.5%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)0.8%2026▲ 0.0%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$18,6162026▲ 3.0%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$53.48B2026▲ 3.7%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$37,0982026▲ 3.2%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.02%2026▼ 4.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$25.22B2025▼ 0.0%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$18,5502025▼ 3.8%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$36,0802025▲ 0.8%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)34.6%2024▲ 0.4%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)59.2%2024▼ 1.9%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)0.8%2024▼ 7.0%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)19.0%2023▲ 10.5%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)2.0%2025▲ 1685.7%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$68,8672025▼ 0.4%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)14.4%2024▲ 2.3%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)39.4%2022▲ 0.0%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$15,1432021▲ 22.2%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)2.71%2021▲ 89.6%WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)5.09%2021▲ 16.2%WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)7.9%2021▲ 33.6%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.05%2021▼ 22.7%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$8.88B2024▲ 2.8%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$31,7222025▼ 0.7%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$16,1912025▼ 0.7%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary22 indicators · 2007–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)1.8%2026▲ 80.0%IMF
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)84.1%2026▼ 0.1%IMF
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-4.6%2026▲ 16.4%IMF
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)3.8%2026▲ 22.6%IMF
Unemployment Rate (%)4.2%2026▲ 5.0%IMF
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)1.0%2025▲ 88.7%WB
Real Interest Rate (%)7.6%2024▼ 67.6%WB
Lending Interest Rate (%)7.5%2024▼ 0.3%WB
Deposit Interest Rate (%)1.5%2024▲ 0.0%WB
Central Government Debt (% of GDP)15.9%2007▼ 5.2%WB
Government Revenue Excluding Grants (% of GDP)24.3%2019▼ 17.9%WB
Government Expense (% of GDP)33.3%2019▲ 6.3%WB
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)16.8%2019▼ 15.7%WB
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)20.8%2019▲ 12.9%WB
Taxes on International Trade (% of revenue)6.0%2019▲ 4.6%WB
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)26.1%2019▼ 8.4%WB
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)1.6%2019▲ 1.0%WB
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$5.60B2024▼ 10.5%WB
Total Reserves (months of imports)5.72024▼ 23.8%WB
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)6.752025▼ 0.0%WB
PPP Conversion Factor3.452025▼ 0.8%WB
Broad Money (% of GDP)72.5%2024▼ 1.3%WB
▶Trade10 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Merchandise Exports (USD)$6.82B2025▼ 13.7%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$5.80B2025▼ 24.4%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)-3.1%2025▼ 73.2%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)-1.5%2025▼ 173.2%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$-794.4M2025▼ 75.3%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$199.6M2025▲ 0.2%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.8%2025▼ 1.0%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)0.2%2024▲ 0.2%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)4.8%2025▲ 91.1%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$1.25B2025▲ 93.4%WB
▶External Debt2 indicators · 2010 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.0%2010▼ 44.2%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$4.3M2010▼ 35.2%WB
▶Finance12 indicators · 2001–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Domestic Credit by Financial Sector (% of GDP)33.1%2009▲ 127.9%WB
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)50.4%2025▲ 4.1%WB
Stock Market Capitalization (% of GDP)44.1%2001▲ 5.1%WB
Stock Market Capitalization (USD)$3.89B2001▲ 13.8%WB
Stocks Traded, Total Value (% of GDP)1.9%2001▲ 10.3%WB
Listed Domestic Companies262001—WB
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)11.9%2023▲ 3.1%WB
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)2.8%2024▲ 1.7%WB
Financial Institution or Mobile-Money Account Ownership (Age 15+, %)74.6%2024▼ 7.7%WB
Account Ownership, Female (%)73.3%2024▼ 0.4%WB
Account Ownership, Male (%)75.9%2024▼ 14.0%WB
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)3.1%2025▼ 91.5%WB
▶Business Environment1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)272025▲ 44.5%WB
▶Private Sector6 indicators · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)7.9%2025▼ 41.0%WB
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)48.8%2025▲ 8.1%WB
Firms with a Female Top Manager (%)23.5%2025▲ 13.0%WB
Firms Offering Training (%)29.1%2025▲ 4.1%WB
Time to Obtain an Operating License (days)18.12025▼ 36.9%WB
Firms Competing with Unregistered Firms (%)56.1%2025▼ 18.9%WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population1.4M2025▼ 0.0%WB
Population Growth (%)-0.0%2025▼ 169.1%WB
Population Density (per km²)2672023▲ 0.1%WB
Surface Area (sq km)5,1302023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)5,1302023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)54.0%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (total)738,1772025▼ 0.0%WB
Rural Population (%)46.0%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth73.6 years2024▲ 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male70.5 years2024▲ 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Female76.8 years2024▲ 0.2%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.52024▲ 0.3%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)10.52024▼ 1.5%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)8.72024▲ 4.4%WB
Net Migration6912025▼ 48.2%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)17.5%2025▼ 1.5%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)69.6%2025▼ 0.4%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)12.9%2025▲ 4.4%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)43.7%2025▲ 1.3%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)18.6%2025▲ 4.8%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)25.1%2025▼ 1.1%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)183.22024▼ 2.3%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)102.72024▼ 2.9%WB
▶Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force651,7152025▼ 0.4%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)57.8%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)47.8%2025▼ 0.8%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)68.1%2025▼ 0.6%WB
Unemployment (%)3.3%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Female Unemployment (%)3.9%2025▲ 1.2%WB
Male Unemployment (%)2.9%2025▼ 0.5%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)8.2%2025▲ 2.8%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)4.5%2025▼ 3.4%WB
Employment in Industry (%)24.2%2025▼ 0.1%WB
Employment in Services (%)71.3%2025▲ 0.3%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)54.5%2024▼ 1.3%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)21.2%2025▲ 0.2%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)74.3%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)10.3%2024▲ 11.0%WB
Employers (% of total employment)4.5%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)42.1%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)55.8%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)25.7%2025▲ 0.1%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)15.8%2024▲ 10.2%WB
▶Education17 indicators · 2003–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Education Spending (% of GDP)3.2%2023▲ 14.7%WB
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)12.6%2025▲ 37.5%WB
Female Literacy Rate (%)93.8%2022—WB
Youth Literacy Rate (%)92.0%2022—WB
Primary School Enrollment (%)98.3%2024▼ 0.9%WB
Secondary School Enrollment (%)95.7%2024▲ 3.0%WB
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)23.8%2024▲ 101.6%WB
Primary Completion Rate (%)91.6%2023▲ 3.2%WB
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)97.1%2024▲ 25.2%WB
Out-of-School Children, Primary9,2232024▼ 75.8%WB
Out-of-School Girls, Primary3,9262024▼ 78.5%WB
Primary School Teachers7,6932024▼ 6.4%WB
Secondary School Teachers7,9502024▲ 8.2%WB
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary182009▲ 2.5%WB
Primary Education Spending (% of Education Budget)39.2%2003▼ 18.8%WB
Persistence to Last Primary Grade (% of Cohort)96.1%2022▲ 7.6%WB
Secondary Education Spending (% of Education Budget)36.8%2003▼ 12.4%WB
▶Health46 indicators · 2011–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.5%2023▲ 13.3%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$1,2762023▲ 0.8%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)3.6%2023▲ 20.5%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)45.3%2023▼ 6.1%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.22021▼ 3.3%WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)4.12023▲ 7.5%WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)2.42023▲ 20.9%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)18.82024▼ 2.6%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)12.62024▼ 3.1%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)542023▲ 80.0%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)172024▼ 2.9%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)20.52024▼ 2.8%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)21.1%2021▲ 129.7%WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)65.5%2021▼ 17.4%WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)8.2%2021▼ 20.2%WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)96.0%2024▲ 6.7%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)92.0%2024▼ 4.2%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)272024▲ 8.0%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)9.2%2011▲ 73.6%WHO
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)11.4%2011▲ 128.0%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)13.32021▼ 5.1%WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)62020▼ 0.5%WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)71.707126472021—WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)19.427855842021—WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)61.944699382021—WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)17.0237346962024—WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)18.7791051062024—WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)12.6364146532024—WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)8.704239792023—WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)272024—WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)1.52024—WHO
People Living with HIV110002025—WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)28.0835632022—WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)972025—WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)932025—WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)972025—WHO
Physicians (total)6,1842021▼ 2.9%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel6,1742023▲ 8.8%WHO
Dentists (total)4442019▼ 5.9%WHO
Pharmacists (total)9232018▼ 0.5%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)6.42011—WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)9.22011—WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)4.92011—WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)752023—WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)52021—WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)1276.338623052023—WHO
▶Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, Excluding LULUCF (t CO2e)19.62024▼ 0.6%WB
CO₂ Emissions, Excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)272024▼ 0.6%WB
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)10,5902023▼ 3.7%WB
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)6,6642023▲ 1.1%WB
Renewable Electricity Output (%)0.1%2021▼ 0.4%WB
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)0.5%2021▲ 0.0%WB
Access to Electricity (%)100.0%2024▲ 1.3%WB
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023▲ 0.0%WB
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)13.82023▼ 4.9%WB
Forest Area (%)44.2%2023▼ 0.2%WB
Forest Area (sq km)2,2692023▼ 0.2%WB
Arable Land (%)4.9%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas (%)2.0%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Marine Protected Areas (%)0.1%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)99.3%2024▲ 0.1%WHO
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)94.2%2024▼ 0.0%WHO
Urban PM2.5 Concentration (WHO)9.6283784252023—WHO
Air Pollution Mortality (household + ambient, age-standardized)23.4332021—WHO
▶Agriculture12 indicators · 2012–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Agricultural Land (%)10.5%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)1,6002023▼ 2.4%WB
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)93.12022▲ 5.7%WB
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)98.52022▼ 2.5%WB
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)90.92022▲ 9.7%WB
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)3,3282023▲ 6.5%WB
Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes)12,9382024▼ 1.3%WB
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)155.42023▼ 11.8%WB
Prevalence of Undernourishment (%)11.2%2023▼ 5.9%WB
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)9.3%2012▲ 1.9%WB
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)8.8%2022▲ 0.0%WB
Cereal Production (metric tons)5,3262023▲ 3.9%WB
▶Technology13 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Internet Users (%)82.2%2024▲ 0.2%WB
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1192024▼ 11.5%WB
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)272024▲ 0.5%WB
Secure Internet Servers (per million)480.12024▲ 12.0%WB
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.05%2022▼ 7.5%WB
Patent Applications, Residents22021▲ 100.0%WB
Patent Applications, Non-Residents1492021▲ 34.2%WB
Scientific Journal Articles2462023▼ 3.7%WB
High-Technology Exports (USD)$9.2M2024▼ 5.8%WB
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)3.3%2025▲ 24.2%WB
ICT Service Exports (USD)$42.1M2025▲ 25.7%WB
Industrial Design Applications, Resident582021▲ 286.7%WB
Researchers in R&D (per million)4932022▼ 8.6%WB
▶Infrastructure6 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried2.0M2023▲ 33.2%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)45.82023▲ 22.5%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)545,1772023▲ 9.4%WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.502022▲ 3.3%WB
Electricity from Oil (%)0.4%2023▼ 0.2%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021—WB
▶Gender8 indicators · 2004–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Women in Parliament (%)23.8%2025▼ 16.7%WB
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)47.1%2024▲ 0.7%WB
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)83.0%2025▼ 0.0%WB
Gross Intake to First Primary Grade, Female (%)99.9%2010▲ 0.5%WB
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)362024▲ 0.1%WB
Gross Intake to First Primary Grade, Total (%)101.3%2010▲ 0.7%WB
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.072004—WB
Gender Parity in Primary Education0.972010▲ 0.3%WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.372023▲ 1.4%WB
Government Effectiveness-0.042023▼ 70.9%WB
Political Stability0.42023▲ 15.2%WB
Regulatory Quality-0.132023▼ 76.4%WB
Rule of Law-0.282023▼ 68.2%WB
Voice & Accountability0.622023▼ 4.4%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)41.0%2023▲ 1.2%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)49.5%2023▼ 4.5%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)42.5%2023▼ 9.1%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)57.8%2023▲ 3.0%WB
▶Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)0.9%2024▼ 4.0%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$234.5M2024▼ 3.6%WB
Armed Forces Personnel5,0002020▲ 0.0%WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.8%2020▲ 3.2%WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)2.7%2024▼ 6.4%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)40.42022▲ 34.3%WB
▶Social Protection4 indicators · 2010–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.602020▲ 0.2%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.592010—WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.522010—WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School9.1 years2020▲ 0.0%WB
▶Tourism6 indicators · 2010–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals141,0002020▼ 70.6%WB
International Tourism, Departures273,0002010▲ 1.1%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$151.0M2020▼ 68.6%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$42.0M2020▼ 68.4%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)2.3%2020▼ 53.4%WB
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$8.0M2020▼ 82.2%WB
▶Urban Development7 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Urban Population Growth (%)-0.0%2025▼ 134.9%WB
Population in Largest City546,5642025▲ 0.2%WB
Population in Largest City (% of urban)74.0%2025▲ 0.2%WB
Population in Slums (% of urban)8.6%2022▲ 15.0%WB
Rural Population Growth (%)-0.1%2025▼ 236.3%WB
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)69.4%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)38.0%2024▲ 0.3%WHO

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