Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago, is a country located at Caribbean, it has an area of 5,130 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Trinidad and Tobago, with a population of 1,407,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 274 people per km2.

It's capital is Port of Spain and its currency is Trinidad and Tobago dollars

Trinidad and Tobago is holding the 107 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 13,793 millions of euros (14,536 millions of dollars), ( 50.96% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €9,803 euros per inhabitant$10,331 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Trinidad and Tobago was on January of 2024 and it was 0.3%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Trinidad and Tobago, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.81 points in 2021, leaving it in 57th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Trinidad and Tobago are business, you must know it's in the 105th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Trinidad and Tobago, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Port of Spain: Monthly Rainfall
Trinidad and Tobago Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€28,517M
Annual GDP [+]2022$30,053M
GDP per capita [+]2022€20,268
GDP per capita [+]2022$21,360
Debt (M.€.) [+]202213,793
Debt ($M) [+]202214,536
Debt (%GDP) [+]202250.96%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€9,803
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$10,331
Deficit (M.€) [+]202289
Deficit ($M) [+]202294
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20220.33%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20227,431.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]20227,832.1
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020726.4
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020829.1
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20218.93%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017771.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017870.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201711.21%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022204.3
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022215.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20222.64%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202227.46%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€5,282
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$5,567
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€519
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$592
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€529
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$598
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€145
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$153
Moody's Rating [+]07/10/2023Ba2
S&P Rating [+]07/21/2022BBB-
Corruption Index [+]202242
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201979º
Fragile States Index [+]201854.6
RTI Raking [+]202261º
Innovation Ranking [+]201896º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2022Q44.2%
Unemployed [+]2022Q425K
NMW [+]2022$538.9
NMW [+]2022€475.7
Human Capital Ranking [+]201759º
Markets
Euro / Trinidad and Tobago dollars [+]03/15/20247.3390
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/15/20246.7380
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]January 20240.3%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/31/20203.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020105º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201910,707
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201910.53
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015289.78
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202122.0%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201612.50%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202025.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2019388,576
Exports [+]2021€7,287.6M
Exports [+]2021$8,619.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202136.05%
Imports [+]2021€4,872.4M
Imports [+]2021$5,762.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202124.10%
Trade balance [+]2021€2,415.2M
Trade balance [+]2021$2,856.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202111.95%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2021274
Global Peace Ranking [+]202370º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017150.4
% Immigrant [+]20205.64%
% Emigrant [+]202023.63%
Birth Rate [+]202111.69‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201720.3
Crude death rate [+]20219.13‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.63
Population [+]20211,407,000
Immigrant stock [+]202078,849
Emigrant stock [+]2020330,519
HDI [+]20210.810
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202137º
Life expectancy [+]202172.97
Suicides [+]2015198
Suicide rate [+]201514.44
Number of homicides [+]2022605
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202239.52
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]202121.01
Annual crude oil production [+]202258
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021243.0
Consumption GWh [+]20218,304
Generation GWh [+]20218,726
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/20244,390
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/2024191,496
Fully vaccinated [+]09/21/2022716,898
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20243,120.11
Doses administered [+]09/21/20221,580,898