Trinidad and Tobago

Economy

• GDP

  : 25.9 B$ (2025)

• GDP per capita

  : 18967 $ (2025)

• GDP growth

  : -0.8 % (2025)

• GDP, PPP

  : 50.8 B$ (2025)

• GDP per capita, PPP

  : 37121 $ (2025)

• Price level (relative cost of living)

  : 0.52 (2024)

• Inflation

  : 1.0 % (2025)

• Unemployment

  : 3.3 % (2025)

• Youth unemployment (ages 15-24)

  : 8.2 % (2025)

• Current account balance

  : 4.8 % (2025)

• Total reserves

  : 5.6 B$ (2024)

• Foreign direct investment

  : -3.1 % (2025)

• Poverty rate

  : 3.2 % (1992)

• Agriculture

  : 0.8 % (2024)

• Industry

  : 34.6 % (2024)

• Services

  : 59.2 % (2024)

• Remittances received

  : 0.8 % (2025)

• Outward foreign direct investment

  : -1.5 % (2025)

Demographics

• Population

  : 1.4 M (2025)

• Population growth

  : -0.0 % (2025)

• Net migration

  : 691.0 (2025)

• Population density

  : 266.6 (2023)

• Life expectancy

  : 73.6 yrs (2024)

• Fertility rate

  : 1.54 (2024)

• Birth rate

  : 10.5 (2024)

• Death rate

  : 8.74 (2024)

• Urban population

  : 54.0 % (2025)

• Rural population

  : 46.0 % (2025)

• Labor force

  : 651 715 (2025)

• Infant mortality (under one year)

  : 1.4 % (2023)

• Age dependency ratio

  : 42.6 % (2023)

• Share of women in the population

  : 50.6 % (2025)

• Refugee population hosted

  : 3 328 (2024)

Social

• Education expenditure

  : 3.2 % (2023)

• Health expenditure

  : 7.5 % (2023)

• Gini index

  : 40.2 (1992)

• Internet users

  : 82.2 % (2024)

• Mobile subscriptions

  : 118.8 (2024)

• Access to electricity

  : 100.0 % (2024)

• Access to basic drinking water

  : 99.3 % (2024)

• Median income

  : 12 $ (1992)

• Income share of the top 10%

  : 29.9 % (1992)

• PISA score — mathematics

  : 417.2 (2015)

• PISA score — reading literacy

  : 427.3 (2015)

• PISA score — science

  : 424.6 (2015)

• Primary school completion

  : 98.0 % (2025)

• Mean years of schooling

  : 10.8 yrs (2023)

• Harmonised learning outcomes

  : 458.3 (2020)

• Bank account ownership

  : 62.1 % (2024)

• Labour force participation (ages 25-64)

  : 64.9 % (2025)

Defense

• Armed forces personnel

  : 5 000 (2020)

• Military expenditure

  : 0.9 % (2024)

• Battle-related deaths

  : 39.0 (1990)

• Death rate from armed conflicts

  : 0.0 (2025)

Environment

• CO₂ per capita

  : 19.6 (2024)

• CO₂ (consumption-based) per capita

  : 11.5 (2022)

• Renewable energy

  : 0.5 % (2021)

• Renewable electricity production

  : 0.1 % (2021)

• Energy consumption

  : 10 590 (2023)

• Forest area

  : 44.2 % (2023)

• Threatened bird species

  : 5.00 (2022)

• Threatened fish species

  : 62.0 (2022)

• Threatened mammal species

  : 3.00 (2022)

• Electricity from coal

  : 0.0 % (2024)

• Electricity from gas

  : 99.5 % (2024)

• Electricity from hydropower

  : 0.0 % (2024)

• Electricity from nuclear

  : 0.0 % (2024)

• Electricity from solar

  : 0.1 % (2024)

• Electricity from wind

  : 0.0 % (2024)

• Greenhouse gases per capita

  : 27.1 (2024)

• Greenhouse gases (total)

  : 40.8 M (2024)

• Fine particulate exposure (PM2.5)

  : 13.5 (2024)

• Tree cover loss

  : 498.1 (2025)

• Forest area (absolute)

  : 228.2 (2020)

Health

• DTP3 immunization coverage

  : 92.0 % (2024)

• Measles immunization coverage

  : 96.0 % (2024)

• Under-five mortality

  : 18.8 (2024)

• Maternal mortality ratio

  : 54.0 (2023)

• Non-communicable disease mortality (ages 30-70)

  : 20.3 % (2021)

• Hypertension prevalence (ages 30-79)

  : 41.6 % (2019)

• Adult obesity prevalence

  : 33.5 % (2022)

• Diabetes prevalence (ages 20-79)

  : 12.4 % (2024)

• Universal health coverage

  : 75.0 (2023)

• Physicians

  : 4.16 (2021)

• Hospital beds

  : 2.37 (2023)

• Adolescent fertility (ages 15-19)

  : 36.0 (2024)

Public finances

• Government expenditure

  : 33.3 % (2019)

• Fiscal balance

  : -10.6 % (2019)

• General government debt

  : 51.0 % (2022)

• Primary balance

  : 2.7 % (2022)

Governance

• Control of corruption

  : -0.34 (2024)

• Government effectiveness

  : 0.11 (2024)

• Intentional homicides

  : 40.4 (2022)

• Political stability

  : 0.36 (2024)

• Rule of law

  : -0.37 (2024)

• Regulatory quality

  : -0.21 (2024)

• Voice and accountability

  : 0.41 (2024)

• Political regime

  : 3.00 (2025)

• Free and fair elections

  : 1.00 (2025)

Business

• Investment (gross fixed capital formation)

  : 19.0 % (2023)

• New business density

  : 4.49 (2020)

• Credit to the private sector

  : 45.4 % (2020)

• Non-performing bank loans

  : 3.2 % (2020)

• Inward foreign direct investment (amount)

  : -794.4 M$ (2025)

Well-being

• Self-reported life satisfaction

  : 5.91 (2025)